Lukáš Kolářík (born 5 March 1984) is a Czech

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

who is a member of

Czech Pirate Party The Czech Pirate Party ( ) often known simply as the Pirates (''Piráti'' ) is a Liberalism, liberal Progressivism, progressive List of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2009. The party was ...

. He previously served as Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic from 2021 until 2023, member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 2017 until 2021, and a representative of

Katovice Katovice is a market town in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. Geography Katovice is located about west of Strakonice and northwest of České Budějovice. It lies on the bor ...

from 2018 until 2022.

Political career

2010s

Kolářík has been a member of the Pirates since 2013, serving as chairman of the regional association of the

South Bohemian Region The South Bohemian Region () is an administrative unit (''Regions of the Czech Republic, kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western ...

. During the

2016 Czech regional elections Elections to regional councils in the Czech Republic in 13 regions (except Prague) were held on 7 and 8 October 2016. In one third of constituencies, the elections were combined with Czech Senate elections. Also, several municipal referendums ...

, he ran for the Pirates in the Representative Office of the South Bohemian Region, but was unsuccessful. In the

2017 Czech parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 20 and 21 October 2017. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies were elected and Andrej Babiš of ANO, also the leader of the Andrej Babiš' ...

, Kolářík was elected as deputy leader of the Pirates in the South Bohemian Region. He later served as deputy chairman of the Committee on Security of the Chamber of Deputies as well as chairman of the Subcommittee on Information Technology and Benefit Systems. Kolářík has served as vice-chairman of Czech Pirate Party parliamentary club since 2018. Kolářík was elected on the list for Czech Pirate Party as a representative of Katovice in the

2018 Czech municipal elections Municipal elections were held in the Czech Republic on 5 and 6 October 2018, alongside elections for the Senate. Results References Municipal elections in the Czech Republic Municipal Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related ...

2020s

During the

2020 Czech regional elections Elections to regional councils in the Czech Republic in 13 regions (except Prague) were held on 2–3 October 2020. Background ANO 2011 won the previous election. Czech Social Democratic Party saw heavy losses and came second. 2017 Czech legisla ...

in South Bohemia, Kolářík ran from the tenth place of the pirate candidate and became the first alternative candidate. In the

2021 Czech parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 8 and 9 October 2021. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies were elected, with the leader of the resulting government to become the Prime ...

, Kolářík was the leader of the candidate coalition of

Pirates and Mayors Pirates and Mayors (, PirStan) was a liberal progressive centrist political alliance in the Czech Republic, formed for the 2021 legislative election, consisting of the Czech Pirate Party (Piráti) and Mayors and Independents (STAN). As of th ...

in the South Bohemian Region. He did not defend the mandate, thus was not elected. Kolářík was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic under

Vít Rakušan Vít Rakušan (born 16 June 1978) is a Czech pedagogue and politician who has served as the leader of the Mayors and Independents (STAN) political party since 2019 and its 1st vice-chairman from 2016 to 2019. He has been a member of the Chamber ...

on 22 December 2021, but resigned from this position in July 2023 for personal reasons. The decision was preceded by a fight between two women; Kolářík was supposed to defend his wife Jana, whilst the other woman was supposed to be a ministry employee (assistant), with whom he presumed to have an affair. According to his own words, the assistant threatened him and his wife with a knife. The leadership of Czech Pirate Party invited Kolářík to consider serving in party functions and approached him for addressing the problem late.

Personal life

Kolářík is married and has three daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolarik, Lukas 1984 births Living people People from Strakonice District 21st-century Czech politicians Czech Pirate Party MPs