Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)

Czech political party

Civic Democratic Party

Občanská demokratická strana

Abbreviation| ODS
Leader| Petr Fiala
Deputy Leaders| Zbyněk Stanjura
Alexandr Vondra
Martin Baxa
Martin Kupka
Chamber of Deputies Leader| Marek Benda
Senate Leader| Zdeněk Nytra
MEP Leader| Veronika Vrecionová
Founder| Václav Klaus
Founded| 21 April 1991; 32 years ago (1991-04-21)
Preceded by| Civic Forum
Headquarters| Truhlářská 9, Prague
Think tank| CEVRO[1]
Right Riverbank[2]
Youth wing| Young Conservatives
Young Civic Democrats
Membership (2021)| 12,500[3]
Ideology|

* Conservatism
* Liberal conservatism
* Euroscepticism

Political position| Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation| SPOLU
European affiliation| European Conservatives and Reformists Party
International affiliation| International Democracy Union
European Parliament group| European Conservatives and Reformists
Colours|  Blue
Chamber of Deputies|

34 / 200

Senate|

23 / 81

European Parliament|

4 / 21

Regional councils|

99 / 675

Governors of the regions|

3 / 13

Local councils|

2,294 / 61,780

Prague City Assembly|

9 / 65

Party flag
Website
www.ods.cz

* Politics of the Czech Republic
* Political parties
* Elections

The Civic Democratic Party (Czech: Občanská demokratická strana, ODS) is a conservative and soft Eurosceptic political party in the Czech Republic. The party generally sits centre-right to right-wing on the political spectrum, and holds 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and is the second strongest party by number of seats following the 2021 election. It is the only political party in the Czech Republic that has maintained an uninterrupted representation in the Chamber of Deputies.

Founded in 1991 as the pro–free market wing of the Civic Forum by Václav Klaus and modeled on the British Conservative Party,[4] the ODS won the 1992 legislative election, and has remained in government for most of the Czech Republic's independence. In every legislative election (except for that of 2013) it emerged as one of the two strongest parties. Václav Klaus served as the first prime minister of the Czech Republic after the partition of Czechoslovakia, from 1993 to 1997. Mirek Topolánek, who succeeded him as leader of the party in December 2002, served as prime minister from 2006 to 2009. In the 2010 election, the party lost 28 seats, finishing second, but as the largest party right of the centre, it formed a centre-right government with Petr Nečas as prime minister. In the 2013 legislative election, the party was marginalized by only securing 16 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, relegating the party to the opposition from July 2013 to December 2021. In the 2017 legislative election, it has partly recovered and secured 25 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, making it the second strongest party in chamber. The party is currently being led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala, who has been leader since the 2014 party convention.

The ODS is a member of the International Democratic Union, and co-founded together with the British Conservatives the eurosceptic European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party) and the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR group) in the European Parliament.

## History[edit]

### Formation[edit]

The party was founded in 1991 as one of two successors to the Civic Forum, which was a big tent movement that consisted of two major wings. The strongest wing was the Interparliamentary Club of the Democratic Right which was transformed into the ODS when Civic Forum split.[5] ODS represented followers of Václav Klaus and was pro–free market, as opposed to the centrist Civic Movement. An agreement was reached to split the party in half at the Civic Forum Assembly on 23 February 1991. This was followed on 21 April by a formal declaration of a new party, and Klaus was elected its first President.[6] The party agreed to continue in a coalition government with the Civic Movement, but this collapsed in July 1991.

The Civic Democrats, who represented demands for a tighter Czechoslovak federation, began to organize in Slovakia.[7] Ahead of the 1992 election, the ODS ruled out an electoral alliance with the Liberal Democrats, but agreed to an alliance with Václav Benda's Christian Democratic Party (KDS) to boost its appeal to conservatives.[7] The ODS won the election, winning 66 seats (and the KDS another ten), and formed a centre-right coalition with the Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) and the KDU-ČSL, with Klaus as prime minister.[8]

### Dominant party (1992–1998)[edit]

It was the dominant party in two coalition governments in the Czech Republic from 1992 to 1997, a majority administration (1992–96) and a short-lived minority government (1996–97).[citation needed]

On 2 June 1995, the ODS and KDS signed a merger agreement, which would come into effect on 18 March 1996, ahead of that year's election. However, at the election, whilst the ODS improved to 68 seats, its allies fell, leading to the government receiving only 99 seats: two short of a majority. Klaus continued with a minority government, relying on its acceptance by the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).

In December 1997, allegations of the party receiving illegal donations and maintaining a secret slush fund caused the ODA and KDU-ČSL to withdraw from the coalition, and the government collapsed. Josef Tošovský was appointed caretaker, pending new elections in June 1998. Despite the scandal, Klaus was re-elected party chairman. In January 1998, some legislators opposed to Klaus, led by Jan Ruml and Ivan Pilip, left the party in the so-called 'Sarajevo Assassination' and formed the Freedom Union (US).[9]

### Opposition agreement[edit]

At the elections, the ODS fell even further, to 63 seats, while the US won 19. Due to the split, the Freedom Union refused to support the ODS, preventing them from getting a majority; the US's executive also refused to support the ČSSD. As a result, on 9 July 1998, the ODS signed the Opposition Agreement, which pledged the party to provide confidence and maintain a ČSSD government under Miloš Zeman.[10] This agreement was then superseded by the more explicit 'Patent of Tolerance' in January 2000.[11]

### Opposition (2002–2006)[edit]

In the 2002 legislative election, the party went from being the largest seat holder to being the second largest party in the Chamber of Deputies with 58 of 200 seats, and for the first time in its history assumed the role of a true opposition party. Mirek Topolánek took over the party leadership. The former Czech president, Václav Klaus, has been the party's honorary president for his first term in the office. In the European Parliament elections in June 2004 and in Senate and regional assembly elections in November 2004, it received over 30% of the votes.

### Return to government (2006–2013)[edit]

Leader of the Civic Democrats from 2002 until 2010, Mirek Topolánek led the party to an election victory in 2006 and became the party's first prime minister since 1997.

In the 2006 legislative election the ODS was the largest seat holder in the Chamber of Deputies with 81 seats. ODS originally aimed to make a deal with Czech Social Democratic Party but talks with the Social democratic leader Jiří Paroubek were unsuccessful. Mirek Topolánek then introduced his first minority cabinet that consisted of Civic Democrats and independents. It was designated on 4 September 2006 but lost a vote of confidence on 3 October 2006.

ODS then formed a government in coalition with the Populars (KDU-ČSL) and the Green Party (SZ). Projects of the cabinet included reform of public finances. Topolánek also discussed possible emplacement of United States Missile defense in the Czech Republic which resulted in public resistance.

The party suffered heavy losses in regional and Senate elections in 2008, losing all 12 regional governorships it had previously held. However, a year later, ODS won the European Parliament election, keeping all 9 seats and gaining more votes than in previous elections.

ODS-led government during Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2009\. Czech presidency had to deal with problems such as Gas crisis in Ukraine, conflict in Gaza or economic crisis. There were also controversies like Entropa but some aspects such as resolution of gas crisis were positively evaluated.[12]

The Cabinet had lost a no confidence vote on 24 March 2009. The country was then governed by a newly formed caretaker Cabinet, which was nominated by ODS, ČSSD and SZ. Early elections were set for 9–10 October 2009 but were postponed to May 2010 due to unexpected developments in the Constitutional Court and House of Deputies

Civic Democratic Party won the second place after Czech Social Democratic Party and formed a centre-right Government with TOP 09 and Public Affairs. Public Affairs split from the government on 22 April 2012 but were replaced by LIDEM. The Civic Democratic Party was widely defeated in the regional election that same year, finishing third overall and winning only in the Plzeň region. The party also lost 2010 and 2012 Senate elections.

ODS chairman Announces Government Resignation

ODS nominated Přemysl Sobotka for president of the Czech Republic during the 2013 presidential election. Sobotka received only 2.46% of votes and didn't qualify for second round. ODS has held 2012 presidential primaries which Přemysl Sobotka has won. Sobotka's poor showing in the 2013 general election was seen as caused by the government's unpopularity and lack of support from the party.[13] The party's leadership supported Karel Schwarzenberg of TOP 09 in the second round of the presidential election.[14]

### Opposition (2013–2017)[edit]

See also: 2013 Czech political corruption scandal

Current party leader Petr Fiala

After resignation and fall of Cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Nečas ODS proposed Miroslava Němcová to the position of the prime minister to President Miloš Zeman saying that she will be able to form a coalition and succeed a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies. However, President Zeman refused to appoint her and instead appointed Jiří Rusnok's Cabinet. After that, opposition called for a dissolution of Chamber of Deputies and early election (such vote was only recently made possible by a constitutional amendment). The motion of dissolution passed with 147 out of 200 votes (120 required), all parties except ODS, whose deputies left the chamber, voted for dissolution, including their former coalition partners Public Affairs and TOP 09. President Zeman then called on early elections on 25–26 October 2013. ODS suffered heavy losses. It gained only 16 seats and finished 5th. The party also lost elections of the European parliament and of Senate and municipal in 2014.

The 24th Congress of the Civic Democratic Party elected on 18–19 January 2014 a new leadership of ODS. The former rector of Masaryk University and minister Petr Fiala was elected as chairman. Member of the European Parliament Jan Zahradil was elected as first-vice-chairman. In his book Citizens, Democrats and Party Members (Czech: Občané, demokraté a straníci), Fiala said the party needs to be attractive to new, young people and ODS shall have experts on economics, health care, education, etc.

In the Chamber of Deputies ODS formed an informal coalition relationship with TOP 09 and both have been opposing laws such as Control report of Value-added tax. On 26 May 2015, ODS, TOP 09 and Dawn of Direct Democracy called an unsuccessful vote of no confidence of the Cabinet of Bohuslav Sobotka.

As of December 2015 opinion polls showed ODS with 8.6% nationwide.[15] Some polling agencies and political commentators are of the opinion that ODS was on the path to become main centre-right party again.[16][17][18]

On 16 January 2016, Fiala was re-elected as Leader of the ODS. ODS participated in 2016 regional and Senate election. It received about 10% of votes and its candidate's secured seats in all regions. 6 candidates nominated by ODS qualified for the second round for Senate. 4 of them were eventually elected Fiala then said that ODS returned to the position of the major right wing party.[19][20]

### Opposition and formal cooperation with TOP 09 and KDU-ČSL (2017-2021)[edit]

ODS agreed to participate in the 2017 legislative election together with Freeholder party. Parties will present themselves during the campaign as ODS with the support of Freeholders. This agreement means that Freeholders will take 40 places on ODS candidacy list.[21] In February 2017, ODS started a campaign called "We create program." which was series of tours to Czech regions with party leaders discussing priorities with supporters and potential voters for an upcoming election.[22] On 19 April 2017, ODS introduced its tax program. The Civic Democrats want to lower taxes which they say would increase the income of Czech citizens. ODS also wants to decrease spending in social benefits and subsidies. Chief Whip Zbyněk Stanjura said that many people take advantage of social benefits even though they don't deserve it. These plans resembled those that ODS had in the 2006 legislative election manifesto.[23][24] Tours concluded with Conference "Strong program for Strong Czechia" held on 22 April where ODS presented their election manifesto and candidates.[25][26]

Departed chairman of the Senate (in years 2018–2020) Jaroslav Kubera of the ODS

Following the 2017 Czech government crisis, ODS grew in polls, approaching the Czech Social Democratic Party.[27] According to a poll by TNS Kantar, ODS would become the second strongest party, surpassing ČSSD and KSČM.[28] ODS introduced its campaign for 2017 election on 29 May 2017. It is inspired by the British Conservative Party's campaign for 2017 general election.[29] In the 2017 election, ODS sought to get more than 10%.[30] According to poll by STEM/Mark in September. ODS would get 7.5% of votes.[31]

ODS received 11% in 2017 legislative election and became the second largest political party in the Czech Republic.[32] The party then won 2018 Senate election confirming its position as the main right wing party.[33]

Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 formed bloc of conservative opposition parties in late 2020. The alliance was known as the "Three Coalition", before the parties launched their slogan and program on 9 December 2020, announcing that they would run under the name Spolu ("together") in the 2021 Czech legislative election.[34] The conservative bloc announced that Petr Fiala would be their candidate for the post of prime minister.[35]

The Bloc ran in 2021 Czech legislative election with Fiala as a leader. Opinion polls suggested that ANO 2011 would win the election but in an electoral upset ODS-led Spolu won highest number of votes and opposition parties won majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[36] Opposition parties signed memorandum agreeing to nominate ODS leader Fiala for the position of the new prime minister.[37]

### Return to power (2021–present)[edit]

ODS formed a coalition government with STAN, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09 and Piráti after the election. Petr Fiala became the new prime minister. ODS holds 6 seats in Fiala's Cabinet.

## Ideology[edit]

The ODS is described as conservative,[38][39][40][41][42] liberal-conservative,[43][44][45] and conservative-liberal,[46][47][48] supports economic liberalism,[49] and is Eurosceptic.[50][51] There are also multiple ideological factions in the party, including the national conservative faction,[52][53][54][55] the national liberal faction,[56] the social liberal faction[57] the neoconservative faction[58] and the Christian socially conservative faction (former Christian Democratic Party).[59]

Pre-election billboard with the inscription "Low taxes – ODS solution" in 2010

The party's ideas are very close to those of the British Conservative Party, Swedish Moderate Party, and other liberal-conservative parties in Europe. The party's program states "low taxes, public finances and future without debts, support for families with children, addressable social system, reducing bureaucracy, better conditions for business, a safe state with the transatlantic links. No tricks and populism."

Many prominent politicians in the party say they are opposed to "political correctness" and call for tougher measures to combat radical Islam which they liken to Nazism.[60][61][62][63]

Pre-election meeting in Brno in 2018

Although the party was in power when the Treaty of Lisbon was ratified in the Czech Republic, ODS supports maintaining Czech sovereignty and integrity against the European Union, calls for a fundamental reform of the EU and strongly opposes any federalization of Europe in the form of the EU becoming a quasi-state entity.[64] Following the EU referendum in Britain which resulted in the United Kingdom voting to leave, ODS leader Petr Fiala said the Czech Republic "should reconsider its priorities and strategy in the European Union" and if the Treaties were to be re-opened, negotiate new conditions for the country such as an opt-out from asylum rules as well as from the obligation to adopt the euro.[65] The party is a member of the national-conservative European Conservatives and Reformists group.

The ODS is against immigration. The party supports compulsory measures for immigrants to speak the Czech language, learn about Czech history and adapt to local customs and cultures.[39] ODS is also opposed to compulsory EU migrant quotas by arguing that the Czech Republic should have sovereignty over its own border control and that forcing nations to take in migrants without sufficient vetting or orderly processing and integration poses a threat to national security, social cohesion and native European culture. ODS believes that all individual nations should have the right to determine their own immigration policies.[63]

ODS also supports the right of law abiding citizens to own and carry firearms,[66] being the main reason Czech gun laws are much more liberal than in nearly all other European countries. This makes them different from parties they are based on, as most of them, especially British Conservatives, reject the idea that anyone has a right to own and carry firearms and other weapons, making the ODS much more similar to American Republicans in this matter, although they still support gun control measures (such as background checks, licenses and registration). ODS, especially its defense expert Jana Černochová, was one of the main supporters of embedding the right to keep and bear arms for the purposes of national security into the Czech constitution, although it was Social Democrat Milan Chovanec who originally proposed it. The amendment failed in the Senate. In 2021 a same bill passed.[67]

## Symbols[edit]

### Name[edit]

Václav Klaus stated that the party's name represents the fact that ODS is based on the idea of civic freedoms. It also shows that ODS is a Civic Party, which differentiates it from other parties that existed prior to 1991. The adjective Democratic represents that ODS should protect parliamentary democracy.[68]

Besides its official name, ODS also received some informal names from media. Party members are sometimes called "the Blues" or the "Blue Birds" and ODS is sometimes called the Blue Party due to the party's association with the color blue.[69][70][71][72]

### Logo[edit]

The first logo was introduced on 4 June 1991, created by Aleš Krejča. It was chosen from over 250 entries to a public competition.[73][74]

A new logo was introduced in 1992, including the silhouette of a bird in blue. The logo was created by Petr Šejdl. In 1994 when the bird's tail was shortened and in 1998 the font was changed as a result of the "Sarajevo betrayal" of autumn 1997, in which ODS colleagues used allegations of bribery to precipitate the resignation of Václav Klaus' government while he was on a trip to Sarajevo.[75][73] The party used this version until 2015 with modifications for individual election campaigns.[76]

The ODS introduced a new party logo in a congress in Prague in 2015. The design of the bird was updated and flies upwards rather than to the left. The logo was designed by Libor Jelínek.[77]

* Party logo, 1991–1992

* Party symbol, 1994–2015

* Current logo, since 2015

## Organisation[edit]

### Party structure[edit]

The highest body of the ODS is Congress which meets every year and elects leadership every two years. The party is led by the Executive Council and Republic Assembly in time between meetings of Congress. The executive body meets every Month and the party is led by Panel between meetings of the Executive Council. Panel consists of Party's Leader, Deputy Leaders and Chief Whips of the Parliamentary ODS.[78]

ODS is structured similarly to the subdivisions of the Czech Republic. The structure consists of local associations. Group of local associations forms area. Areas are organised as parts of Region.[79][80]

### Membership[edit]

Year | Members | Ref. | Year | Members | Ref. | Year | Members | Ref.

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1991 | 18,500 |  | 2001 | 18,280 | [81] | 2011 | 27,648 |
1992 | 23,000 |  | 2002 | 20,412 |  | 2012 | 24,507 |
1993 |  |  | 2003 | 21,641 | [82] | 2013 | 21,578 |
1994 |  |  | 2004 | 23,138 |  | 2014 | 17,944 | [83]
1995 | 21,803 | [84] | 2005 |  |  | 2015 | 14,771 |
1996 |  |  | 2006 |  |  | 2016 | 14,123 |
1997 |  |  | 2007 |  |  | 2017 | 14,005 | [85]
1998 | 16,000 |  | 2008 |  |  | 2018 | 14,095 |
1999 | 19,300 |  | 2009 | 34,000 | [86] | 2019 | 13,563 | [87]
2000 | 17,000 | [88] | 2010 | 31,011 |

ODS had 18,500 Members in 1991. The number of members grew with the party's influence and soon rose to over 23,000. It decreased during political crisis in 1998 to 16,000. The party stopped the decrease after preliminary election and membership grew once again. It peaked in 2010 when it reached 31,011. The member base started to decline rapidly after 2010. It had only 17,994 members prior the 2013 election.[89] ODS had 14,771 members in May 2015 and the member base was stabilised according to leaders of the party.[90]

Blue Team kiosk during an election campaign in Brno

The party runs a membership organisation known as Supporters of ODS. It is a looser form of involvement with the party. It is meant for people who doesn't want to be members of ODS but sympathize with its program.[91] It replaced the organisation known as Blue Team[92]

Faces of ODS is a project of party's members who share their life's story. It was described as honour for all members of the party who didn't abandon it in hard times.[93]

### Young Conservatives[edit]

Main article: Young Conservatives (Czech Republic)

Young Conservatives (Czech: Mladí konzervativci, MK) is a youth wing of ODS. Young people from the age of 15 to 35 can apply for a membership in the MK. The founding congress of MK was held on 8 December 1991 as a result of previous preparations through Charter of Young Conservatives by a group of students at the University of Technology in Brno and Law Students' Association "Všehrd" from Faculty of Law at the Charles University. The Young Conservatives organize a wide range of events from meetings with local or national politicians to elections campaigns and international events.

### CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy[edit]

Main article: CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy

CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy (Czech: CEVRO Liberálně konzervativní akademie) is a think-tank affiliated with ODS. It was established in 1999. Its goal is political education which tries to spread liberal-conservative thinking. In 2005, CEVRO established its own private university known as CEVRO Institute. CEVRO has four newspapers – CEVRO Revue, The Week in European Politics, The Week in Czech Politics and Forthnightly.[94]

### International organisations[edit]

ODS joined the European Democrat Union (EDU) in 1992 as one of the first parties in the former Eastern Bloc. Václav Klaus even became a Vice President of EDU. ODS remained in the EDU until it became part of the European People's Party (EPP) in 2002. ODS refused to join EPP due to its ideological differences and instead became a member of European Democrats.[95]

ODS joined International Democracy Union (IDU) in 2001.[96] Chairmen of Civic Democratic Party served as Vice-presidents of IDU.

In July 2006, the Civic Democratic Party signed an agreement with the British Conservative Party to leave the European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP-ED) Group in the European Parliament and form the Movement for European Reform in 2009. On 22 June 2009, it was announced that ODS would join the newly formed European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) parliamentary group, an anti-federalist and Eurosceptic group, which currently its third largest bloc in the European Parliament. ODS then became one of founding members of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party), a conservative and Eurosceptic European political party, defending broader conservative and economically liberal principles. Other members of ECR Party include Conservative Party, Law and Justice or Freedom and Solidarity.

### Leadership[edit]

### Current[edit]

Position | Name | Photo | Since

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Chairman | Petr Fiala |  | 18 January 2014
1st vice-chairman | Zbyněk Stanjura |  | 19 January 2020
Vice-chairman | Martin Kupka |  | 18 January 2014
Vice-chairman | Alexandr Vondra |  | 18 January 2014
Vice-chairman | Zdeněk Zajíček |  | 9 April 2022
Vice-chairman | Martin Baxa |  | 13 January 2018
Chairman of Deputies Caucus | Zbyněk Stanjura |  | 6 November 2013
Chairman of Senate Caucus | Zdeněk Nytra |  | 19 October 2020
Chairman of EP Caucus | Veronika Vrecionová |  | 5 June 2023

### Leaders[edit]

No. | Name | Photo | Since | Until

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1  | Václav Klaus |  | 21 April 1991 | 15 December 2002
2  | Mirek Topolánek |  | 15 December 2002 | 13 April 2010
3  | Petr Nečas |  | 20 June 2010 | 17 July 2013
4  | Petr Fiala |  | 18 January 2014 | Incumbent

Note: Only properly elected leaders are included.

## Election results[edit]

### Chamber of Deputies[edit]

Year  | Leader  | Vote  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/-  | Place  | Notes  | Position

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1992 | Václav Klaus | 1,924,483  | 29.7  |

76 / 200

66 / 200

|  33  | 1st  | Participated in Coalition with KDS.  | Coalition
1996 | 1,794,560  | 29.6  |

68 / 200

|  2  | 1st  | Minority government supported by oppositional ČSSD.  | Coalition
1998 | 1,656,011  | 27.7  |

63 / 200

|  5  | 2nd  | Opposition agreement with ČSSD.  | Opposition
with other arrangements
2002 | 1,166,975  | 24.5  |

58 / 200

|  5  | 2nd  | Main opposition party.  | Opposition
2006 | Mirek Topolánek | 1,892,475  | 35.3  |

81 / 200

|  23  | 1st  | 2006 minority government, 2007–2009 coalition with KDU-ČSL and Greens.  | Minority (2006–2007)
Coalition (2007–2009)
2010 | Petr Nečas | 1,057,792  | 20.2  |

53 / 200

|  28  | 2nd  | Coalition government with TOP 09 and VV/LIDEM.  | Coalition
2013 | Miroslava Němcová | 384,174  | 7.7  |

16 / 200

|  37  | 5th  | Opposition Party.  | Opposition
2017 | Petr Fiala | 572,962  | 11.3  |

25 / 200

|  9  | 2nd  | Joint list with Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic | Opposition
2021 | 1,493,701  | 27.8  |

71 / 200

34 / 200

|  9  | 1st  | Part of Spolu alliance.  | Coalition

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### Senate[edit]

Election  | Candidates  | First round  | Second round  | Seats  | Total Seats  | Notes

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Votes  | %  | Runners-up  | Place* | Votes  | %  | Place*
1996  | 81  | 1,006,036  | 36.5  |

76 / 81

| 1st  | 1,134,044  | 49.2  | 1st  |

32 / 81

32 / 81

| The whole Senate was elected. Only one third of Senate was elected in all subsequent elections.
1998  | 27  | 266,377  | 27.7  |

22 / 27

| 1st  | 210,156  | 39.1  | 1st  |

9 / 27

26 / 81

1999  | 1  | 3,844  | 12.2  |

0 / 1

| 2nd |  |

0 / 1

25 / 81

| By-election in Prague 1 district.
2000  | 27  | 203,039  | 23.6  |

18 / 27

| 1st  | 166,133  | 29.5  | 1st  |

8 / 27

22 / 81

2002  | 27  | 165,794  | 24.9  |

19 / 27

| 1st  | 284,537  | 34.6  | 1st  |

9 / 27

26 / 81

2003  | 2  | 10,555  | 29.8  |

2 / 2

| 1st  | 11,136  | 47.7  | 2nd  |

1 / 2

26 / 81

| By-elections in Strakonice and Brno-City Districts.
2004  | 2  | 11,824  | 33.4  |

2 / 2

| 1st  | 13,974  | 53.5  | 1st  |

1 / 2

27 / 81

| By-elections in Prague 4 and Znojmo districts.
2004  | 27  | 241,120  | 33.3  |

25 / 27

| 1st  | 257,861  | 53.8  | 1st  |

19 / 27

37 / 81

2006  | 27  | 354,273  | 33.3  |

26 / 27

| 1st  | 289,568  | 50.4  | 1st  |

14 / 27

41 / 81

2007  | 2  | 5,569  | 18.7  |

1 / 2

| 3rd  | 4,338  | 21.5  | 3rd  |

0 / 2

41 / 81

| By-elections in Přerov and Chomutov districts.
2008  | 27  | 252,827  | 24.1  |

20 / 27

| 2nd  | 266,731  | 32.4  | 2nd  |

3 / 27

35 / 81

2010  | 27  | 266,311  | 23.1  |

19 / 27

| 2nd  | 225,708  | 33.1  | 2nd  |

8 / 27

25 / 81

2011  | 1  | 7,422  | 27.2  |

1 / 1

| 2nd  | 7,227  | 34.8  | 2nd  |

0 / 1

25 / 81

| By-election in Kladno district.
2012  | 27  | 151,950  | 17.28  |

10 / 27

| 3rd  | 117,990  | 22.95  | 2nd  |

6 / 27

15 / 81

2014  | 1  | 3,792  | 16.5  |

1 / 1

| 2nd  | 5,925  | 36.8  | 2nd  |

0 / 1

15 / 81

| By-election in Zlín district
2014  | 1  | 1,564  | 11.8  |

0 / 1

| 5th  |  |

0 / 1

15 / 81

| By-election in Prague-10 district
2014  | 25  | 118,268  | 11.52  |

7 / 27

| 3rd  | 53,149  | 11.21  | 4th  |

2 / 27

14 / 81

| One of its candidates was elected in coalition with Koruna Česká (party).
2016  | 24  | 107,785  | 12.23  |

6 / 27

| 3rd  | 48,609  | 11.46  | 4th  |

4 / 27

10 / 81

| Including Zdeněk Nytra who ran as independent.
2018  | 1  | 7,615  | 33.51  |

1 / 1

| 1st  | 30,331  | 67.11  | 1st  |

1 / 1

10 / 81

| By-election in Trutnov district. Jan Sobotka was a STAN candidate supported by ODS.
2018  | 1  | 2,786  | 16.36  |

0 / 1

| 3rd  |  |

0 / 1

10 / 81

| By-election in Zlín district. Miroslav Adámek was a STAN candidate supported by ODS.
2018  | 19  | 163,630  | 15.02  |

11 / 27

| 1st  | 116,736  | 27.82  | 1st  |

10 / 27

16 / 81

| Including Jaroslav Zeman and Jan Tecl.
2019  | 1  | 4,651  | 24.25  |

1 / 1

| 1st  | 4,811  | 40.49  | 2nd  |

0 / 1

16 / 81

| By-election in Prague 9 district.
2020  | 1  | 4,663  | 29.73  |

1 / 1

| 1st  | 5,302  | 57.17  | 1st  |

1 / 1

16 / 81

| By-election in Teplice district.
2020  | 17  | 140,293  | 14.07  |

10 / 27

| 1st  | 82,377  | 18.23  | 2nd  |

5 / 27

18 / 81

2022  | 17  | 151,908  | 13.7  |

9 / 27

| 2nd  | 111,071  | 23.2  | 2nd  |

8 / 27

24 / 81

* Places are by number of votes gained.

### Presidential[edit]

Indirect Elections

Election  | Candidate  | First round result  | Second round result  | Third round result

|
|
|
|

Votes  | %Votes  | Result  | Votes  | %Votes  | Result  | Votes  | %Votes  | Result
1993  |  | Václav Havel (independent; ODS government supported)  |

109 / 172

| 63.4  | Won  | —
1998  |  | Václav Havel (independent; part of ODS supported)  |

130 / 184

| 70.7  | Runner-up  |

146 / 281

| 52.3  | Won  | —
2003  |  | Václav Klaus

123 / 270

| 45.6  | Runner-up  |

109 / 198

| 55.1  | Runner-up  |

113 / 202

| 55.9  | 1st place

121 / 275

| 44.0  | Runner-up  |

118 / 192

| 61.5  | Runner-up  |

127 / 192

| 66.1  | 1st place

147 / 275

| 53.5  | Runner-up  |

139 / 268

| 51.9  | Runner-up  |

142 / 266

| 53.4  | Won
2008  |  | Václav Klaus |

139 / 277

| 50.2  | Runner-up  |

142 / 277

| 51.3  | Runner-up  |

141 / 252

| 56.0  | 1st place

141 / 277

| 50.9  | Runner-up  |

141 / 267

| 52.8  | Runner-up  |

141 / 252

| 56.0  | Won

Direct Election

Election  | Candidate  | First round result  | Second round result

|
|
|

Votes  | %Votes  | Result  | Votes  | %Votes  | Result
2013  |  | Přemysl Sobotka | 126,846  | 2.46  | 8th place  | supported Karel Schwarzenberg
2018  |  | Mirek Topolánek | 221,689  | 4.30  | 6th place  | supported Jiří Drahoš
2023[a] |  | Petr Pavel | 1,975,056  | 35.40  | Runner-up  | 3,358,926  | 58.33  | Won
| Danuše Nerudová | 777,080  | 13.93  | 3rd place  | supported Petr Pavel
| Pavel Fischer | 376,705  | 6.75  | 4th place  | supported Petr Pavel

1. ^ The SPOLU coalition supported 3 independent candidates for this election.

### European Parliament[edit]

| Year  | Main Candidate  | European party  | Vote  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/-  | Place

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

2004 | Jan Zahradil | ED | 700,942  | 30.0  |

9 / 24

|  | 1st
2009 | Jan Zahradil | AECR | 741,946  | 31.5  |

9 / 22

|  | 1st
2014 | Jan Zahradil | AECR | 116,389  | 7.7  |

2 / 21

|  | 6th
2019 | Jan Zahradil | ACRE | 344,885  | 14.5  |

4 / 21

|  | 2nd

### Local election[edit]

Year  | Vote  | Vote %  | Place  | Seats

|
|
|
|

1994  | 3,787,264  | 29.56  | 1st  |

7,289 / 62,160

1998  | 1,895,984  | 24.16  | 1st  |

5,697 / 62,920

2002  | 2,036,021  | 25.21  | 1st  |

5,715 / 62,494

2006  | 3,935,395  | 36.2  | 1st  |

7,033 / 62,426

2010  | 1,694,396  | 18.78  | 2nd  |

5,112 / 62,178

2014  | 893,065  | 9.01  | 3rd  |

2,398 / 62,300

2018  | 2,465,930  | 11.1  | 2nd  |

2,845 / 61,892

2022  | 12,977,999  | 12.1  | 2nd  |

2,294 / 61,780

### Regional election[edit]

Year  | Vote  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/-  | Place  | Places in regions  | Governors  | Coalitions

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

2000  | 559,301  | 23.8  |

185 / 675

|  | 1st  | 7x 1st, 3x 2nd, 3x 3rd  |

8 / 13

8 / 13

2004  | 769,848  | 36.4  |

291 / 675

|  | 1st  | 12x 1st, 1x 2nd  |

12 / 13

12 / 13

2008  | 687,005  | 23.6  |

180 / 675

|  | 2nd  | 12x 2nd, 1x 3rd  |

0 / 13

4 / 13

2012  | 324,081  | 12.3  |

102 / 675

|  | 3rd  | 1x 1st, 3x 3rd, 7x 4th, 2x 5th  |

0 / 13

0 / 13

2016  | 239,836  | 9.5  |

76 / 675

|  | 4th  | 3x 3rd, 4x 4th, 4x 5th, 2x 6th, 1x 7th  |

0 / 13

10 / 13

2020[97] | 411,825  | 14.87 |

99 / 675

|  | 2nd  | 1x 1st, 5x 2nd, 2x 3rd, 4x 4th, 1x 5th  |

4 / 13

13 / 13

### 2020 Czech regional election results[edit]

Region  | Coalition partner  | # of
overall votes  | % of
overall vote  | Seats[98] | Governance[99]

|
|
|
|
|

#  | ±[100] | Position
Central Bohemian | —  | 82,695  | 19.77  |

16 / 65

|  6  |  2nd  | STAN–ODS–Pirates–TOP 09+Greens-Voice
South Bohemian | —  | 34,857  | 17.52  |

12 / 55

|  4  |  2nd  | ODS–KDU-ČSL+TOP 09–ČSSD–JIH12
Plzeň | TOP 09 | 36,890  | 21.23  |

9 / 45

|  1  |  2nd  | ODS+TOP 09–STAN–Pirates
Karlovy Vary | KDU-ČSL | 5,870  | 7.35  |

2 / 45

|  2  |  4th  | STAN+TOP 09-Pirates-ODS+KDU ČSL-Local movements
Ústí nad Labem | —  | 24,739  | 12.37  |

8 / 55

|  1  |  2nd  | ANO–ODS–TOP 09+JsmePRO
Liberec | —  | 11,932  | 8.59  |

5 / 45

|  1  |  4th  | SLK–Pirates–ODS
Hradec Králové | STAN and East Bohemians  | 41,668  | 23.53  |

6 / 45

|  1  |  1st | ODS+STAN+VČ–KDU-ČSL–Pirates–TOP 09+HDK
Pardubice | TOP 09 | 23,434  | 14.10  |

6 / 45

|  1  |  3rd  | ČSSD–ODS+TOP 09–KDU-ČSL–STAN
Vysočina | Mayors for Citizens  | 21,038  | 13.19  |

5 / 45

|  |  3rd  | ODS+STO–Pirates–KDU-ČSL–ČSSD–STAN
South Moravian | Freedomites and SOM  | 46,342  | 12.77  |

9 / 65

|  3  |  4th  | KDU-ČSL–Pirates–ODS–STAN
Olomouc | —  | 19,421  | 10.36  |

7 / 55

|  2  |  4th  | STAN+Pirates–KDU-ČSL+TOP 09–ODS
Zlín | —  | 19,302  | 10.04  |

5 / 45

|  2  |  5th  | ANO–Pirates–ODS–ČSSD
Moravian-Silesian | TOP 09 | 43,637  | 13.637  |

9 / 65

|  3  |  2nd  | ANO–ODS+TOP 09–KDU-ČSL–ČSSD

### Prague municipal elections[edit]

Year  | Leader  | Vote  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/−  | Place  | Position

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1994  | Jan Koukal |  | 41.2  |

23 / 55

|  | 1st | Coalition
1998  | Jan Koukal |  | 36.8  |

21 / 55

| 2  | 1st | Coalition
2002  | Pavel Bém |  | 35.5  |

30 / 70

| 8  | 1st | Coalition
2006  | Pavel Bém |  | 54.4  |

42 / 70

| 12  | 1st | Coalition
2010  | Bohuslav Svoboda |  | 21.1  |

20 / 65

| 22  | 2nd  | Coalition
2014  | Bohuslav Svoboda |  | 11.0  |

8 / 65

| 12  | 4th  | Opposition
2018  | Bohuslav Svoboda |  | 17.9  |

14 / 65

| 6  | 1st | Opposition

### Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia[edit]

House of the People

Year  | Leader  | Vote  | Vote %  | Seats  | Place  | Notes  | Position

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1992 | Václav Klaus | 2,200,937  | 23.0  |

48 / 150

| 1st  | Participated in Coalition with KDS.  | Majority Government

House of Nations

Year  | Leader  | Vote  | Vote %  | Seats  | Place  | Notes  | Position

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1992 | Václav Klaus | 2,168,421  | 22.6  |

37 / 150

| 1st  | Participated in Coalition with KDS.  | Majority Government

## Elected representatives[edit]

Civic Democratic Party has 23 members of the Chamber of Deputies.

* Ivan Adamec
* Jan Bauer
* Martin Baxa
* Petr Beitl
* Marek Benda
* Petr Bendl
* Stanislav Blaha
* Pavel Blažek
* Jana Černochová
* Petr Fiala
* Jakub Janda
* Martin Kupka

* Karel Krejza
* Jaroslav Martinů
* Ilona Mauritzová
* Vojtěch Munzar
* Miroslava Němcová
* Jan Skopeček
* Zbyněk Stanjura
* Bohuslav Svoboda
* Jiří Ventruba
* Jan Zahradník
* Pavel Žáček

|

Civic Democratic Party has 16 Senators of the Senate of the Czech Republic.

* Lumír Aschenbrenner
* Jiří Burian
* Martin Červíček
* Ladislav Chlupáč
* Hynek Hanza
* Tomáš Jirsa
* Pavel Karpíšek

* Michal Kortyš
* Rostislav Koštial
* Raduan Nwelati
* Zdeněk Nytra
* Jiří Oberfalzer
* Jan Tecl
* Vladislav Vilímec
* Miloš Vystrčil
* Jaroslav Zeman

|

Civic Democratic Party has 4 MEPs.

* Evžen Tošenovský
* Veronika Vrecionová

* Alexandr Vondra
* Jan Zahradil

|

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### Bibliography[edit]

* Hanley, Sean (2008). The New Right in the New Europe: Czech Transformation and Right-Wing Politics, 1989–2006. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-34135-6.

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Civic Democratic Party (ODS)

Leaders|

* Václav Klaus
* Mirek Topolánek
* Petr Nečas
* Martin Kuba (interim)
* Petr Fiala

Leadership elections|

* 1991 (April)
* 1991 (November)
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
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Presidential candidates|

* 1993 and 1998
* Václav Havel
* 2003 and 2008
* Václav Klaus
* 2013
* Přemysl Sobotka
* 2018
* Mirek Topolánek
* 2023
* Pavel Fischer
* Petr Pavel
* Danuše Nerudová

Presidential election
primaries|

* 2012

Governments|

* Čalfa
* Pithart
* Stráský
* Klaus I
* Klaus II
* Tošovský
* Topolánek I
* Topolánek II
* Fischer
* Nečas
* Fiala

Organisation|

* Blue Team
* CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy
* Chamber of Deputies Caucus
* EStat.cz
* Pravý Břeh
* Senate Caucus
* Young Civic Democrats
* Young Conservatives

Affiliations|

* Current
* European Conservatives and Reformists Party
* European Conservatives and Reformists
* International Democrat Union
* SPOLU

* Former
* ED
* European Democrat Union
* EPP-ED
* MER

History and related topics|

* 1997–1998 Czech political crisis
* 2009 Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union
* 2013 Czech political corruption scandal
* Center for Economics and Politics
* CEVRO Institute
* Christian Democratic Party
* Civic Democratic Party (Slovakia)
* Civic Forum
* Democratic Bloc
* Denní Telegraf
* Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic
* Interparliamentary Club of the Democratic Right
* Klausism
* Modrá je dobrá
* Opposition Agreement
* Privatization in the Czech Republic
* Tricolour Citizens' Movement
* Young Right
* Vyšehrad Proclamation

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Political parties in the Czech Republic

* Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers.

Chamber of Deputies
2021 (200 seats)|

* SPOLU (71)
* Civic Democratic Party (34)
* KDU-ČSL (23)
* TOP 09 (14)
* ANO 2011 (71)
* PirStan (37)
* Mayors and Independents (33)
* Czech Pirate Party (4)
* Freedom and Direct Democracy (20)
* Independents (1)

Senate
2022 (81 seats)|

* ODS-TOP 09 (35)
* Civic Democratic Party (23)
* TOP 09 (6)
* Independents (2)
* Svobodní (1)
* Mayors for the Liberec Region (1)
* ProMOST (1)
* Tábor 2020 (1)
* STAN (19)
* Mayors and Independents (15)
* Mayors for Liberec Region (2)
* Ostravak (1)
* Marek Hilšer for Senate (1)
* KDU-ČSL (12)
* ForRegion (6)
* ANO 2011 (5)
* Social Democracy (1)
* SEN21-Pirates (6)
* Senator 21 (3)
* Czech Pirate Party (2)
* Hradec Králové Democratic Club (1)
* Independents (2)
* Independents (1)

European Parliament
2019 (21 seats)|

* ANO 2011 (5)
* Civic Democratic Party (4)
* Czech Pirate Party (3)
* TOP 09+Mayors and Independents (3)
* Freedom and Direct Democracy (2)
* KDU-ČSL (2)
* Communist Party (1)
* Social Democracy (1)

Regional Assemblies
2020 (675 seats)|

* ANO 2011 (178)
* Civic Democratic Party (99)
* Czech Pirate Party (99)
* Mayors and Independents (69)
* KDU-ČSL (53)
* Social Democracy (37)
* Freedom and Direct Democracy (35)
* Mayors for Liberec Region (22)
* TOP 09 (19)
* Communist Party (13)
* Green Party (6)
* SNK European Democrats (5)
* Others (40)

Other parties

* Agrarian Democratic Party
* Alliance for the Future
* Alliance of National Forces
* Civic Conservative Party
* Club of Committed Non-Party Members
* Conservative Party
* Czech National Social Party
* Czech Sovereignty
* Democratic Party of Greens
* Free Bloc
* Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic
* Independents
* Koruna Česká
* Law, Respect, Expertise
* The Left
* Liberal-Environmental Party
* Masaryk Democratic Party
* Moravané
* Moravian Land Movement
* National Democracy
* Order of the Nation
* Party for the Open Society
* Party of Civic Rights
* Party of Common Sense
* Přísaha
* Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia
* Right Bloc
* Swiss Democracy
* Urza.cz
* Volt Czech Republic
* Workers' Party of Social Justice

Sources

Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Statistical Office

* Politics of the Czech Republic
* Politics portal
* List of political parties by country

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European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR)

Parliamentary group: European Conservatives and Reformists

Parties|

| Member parties|

* IMRO-BNM
* HKS
* HS
* ODS
* WB
* FdI
* NA
* LLRA–KŠS
* ADR
* PiS
* AD
* SaS
* VOX
* SD

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Global Partners|

* PR
* BPF Party
* Likud
* VMRO–NP
* DJB
* / UUP
* Republican Party

Party President|

* Giorgia Meloni

European Parliament
Group Presidents|

* Raffaele Fitto
* Ryszard Legutko
* see European Parliament

European Commissioners|

* Janusz Wojciechowski
* see Von der Leyen Commission

Heads of government
at the European Council|

* Petr Fiala (Czech Republic)
* Giorgia Meloni (Italy)
* see European Council

Eurofoundation: New Direction

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International Democracy Union

* Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
* Asia Pacific Democrat Union
* Caribbean Democrat Union
* Democrat Union of Africa
* European Democrat Union
* European People's Party
* International Women's Democrat Union
* International Young Democrat Union
* Union of Latin American Parties

Member parties

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* Democratic Party
* Palmavon Webster
* Liberal Party
* Austrian People's Party
* National Independence Party
* United Democratic Party
* Social Democrat Movement
* Party of Democratic Action
* Democrats
* Union of Democratic Forces
* Conservative Party
* Independent Democratic Union
* National Renewal
* Kuomintang
* Conservative Party
* Democratic Union
* Democratic Rally
* Civic Democratic Party
* Dominica Freedom Party
* National Progressive Force

* Social Christian Party
* Nationalist Republican Alliance
* Isamaa
* National Coalition Party
* United National Movement
* Christian Democratic Union
* Christian Social Union in Bavaria
* New Patriotic Party
* New Democracy
* New National Party
* Unionist Party
* National Party
* Fidesz
* Independence Party
* Bharatiya Janata Party
* Jamaica Labour Party
* Maldivian Democratic Party
* Liberal Democratic Party
* Democratic Party
* National Party

* Conservative Party
* VMRO–DPMNE
* Conservative Party
* Christian People's Party
* CDS–PP
* People's Action Movement
* United Workers Party
* New Democratic Party
* Democratic Party of Serbia
* Slovenian Democratic Party
* People Power Party
* People's Party
* United National Party
* People's Democratic Movement
* Moderate Party
* Forum for Democratic Change
* Conservative Party
* Republican Party
* Project Venezuela

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Václav Klaus

* 2nd President of the Czech Republic (2003–2013)
* 3rd President of the Chamber of Deputies (1998–2002)
* 1st Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1993–1998)

Civic Forum|

* 1990 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
* Interparliamentary Club of the Democratic Right
* Marián Čalfa's Second Cabinet
* Civic Forum leadership election, 1990
* Marián Čalfa's Third Cabinet

ODS party leader|

* Civic Democratic Party leadership election, April 1991
* Civic Democratic Party leadership election, November 1991
* 1992 Czech legislative election
* 1992 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
* 1992 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
* Jan Stráský's Cabinet
* 1993 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
* 1994 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
* 1995 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
* 1996 Czech legislative election
* 1996 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
* 1997 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
* 1997–1998 Czech political crisis
* 1998 Czech legislative election
* 1998 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election
* 1999 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
* Opposition agreement
* Czech TV crisis
* 2001 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
* 2002 Czech legislative election
* 2002 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election

Prime Minister|

* Václav Klaus' First Cabinet
* Constitution of the Czech Republic
* Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
* Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
* Privatization in the Czech Republic
* Václav Klaus' Second Cabinet
* Czech–German Declaration
* 1997 Central European flood

President|

* 2003 Czech presidential election
* Stanislav Gross' Cabinet
* Jiří Paroubek's cabinet
* Mirek Topolánek's First Cabinet
* Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet
* 2008 Czech presidential election
* Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon
* Jan Fischer's Cabinet
* General debate of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
* Petr Nečas' Cabinet
* General debate of the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly
* Attack in Chrastava
* Václav Klaus' Amnesty
* Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism
* General debate of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly
* Impeachment attempt

Expresident|

* Václav Klaus' Institute
* National Council of European Resistance
* Tricolour Citizens' Movement

Family|

* Livia Klausová (spouse)
* Václav Klaus Jr. (son)

Books|

* Blue, not Green Planet
* Blue Planet in Peril
* Czech Way
* Dismantling Socialism: A Road to Market Economy II
* Great Economists are my Inspiration
* Economical Theory and Economical Reform
* European Integration Without Illusions
* Marx' Political Theory and Political Economy
* New Notes from Journeys
* Notes from Journeys
* A Road to Market Economy
* We, Europe an the World
* Where Tomorrow starts

See also|

* Civic Democratic Party
* Klausism

* Category:Václav Klaus

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic

Other|

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