Tomáš Goláň (born 1 December 1968 in

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) is a Czech tax adviser. He was elected member of Senate during 2018 by-election for Zlín seat and reelected during

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Biography

He studied at the Faculty of Business and Economics of

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. He worked as an economist at Zlín until 1993 when he became tax advisor. He became widely known for his fight against

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s by Financial administration. He received award from Deník Referendum which chose him the Second Person of 2017.

Political career

On 22 March 2018, he announced his candidacy in a by-election for Zlín seat in 2018. Goláň was nominated by Senátor 21. Goláň was initially viewed as an

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in the election but managed to advance to runoff where he faced Michaela Blahová. He defeated Blahová when he received over 53% of votes and became new senator. He then joined newly formed Senate group of Senátor 21. Shortly after Goláň's reelection in

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he joined Civic Democratic Party and its Senate group ( ODS+ TOP09 Senate group).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goláň, Tomáš 1968 births Living people People from Vsetín Mendel University in Brno alumni Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) senators Senator 21 senators