Jiří Hynek (born 20 December 1960) is a Czech business manager, politician, and Chairman of the Association for Weapons and Defense Industry of the

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. He was a member of the Realists party, standing as the party's candidate in the 2018 presidential election and finishing sixth of nine candidates. He later stood in the 2021 legislative election as a candidate for

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Early career

Hynek studied at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at

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in Prague in the 1980s. After his studies he worked for a number of Czech companies before becoming a business manager. In 2011, Hynek became the new Chairman of the Association for Weapons and Defense Industry of the Czech Republic. In 2016 Hynek co-founded a new political party, the Realists. He is a member of the Czech chapter of Mensa.

2018 Presidential election

Hynek announced his candidacy for the 2018 presidential election on 21 August 2017, and started gathering the signatures required to be registered as a candidate. He stated that he planned to focus on security during the campaign. On 17 October 2017, Hynek announced that he had gathered the 20 MP signatures needed for nomination. He finished sixth with 1.23% of the vote. Hynek endorsed

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for the second round.

Later political career

Hynek stood as a candidate in the 2018 Senate election in Chrudim district. He received 1.8% of votes and failed to win the seat. The Realists party was dissolved in 2019. Hynek stood in the 2021 legislative election for the

party. The party did not win any seats.

References

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