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Senate District 6 – Louny
Senate district 6 – Louny is an electoral district of the Senate of the Czech Republic The Senate () is the upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Senate is Wallenstein Palace in Prague. Structure The Senate has 81 members, chosen in single-seat constituencies through the two-round system. If no c ..., containing the districts of Louny and Rakovník as well as northern parts of the Kladno district. From 2020, Ivo Trešl of Mayors and Independents became the Senator for the district. Senators Election results 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 References {{DEFAULTSORT:6 - Louny Senate districts in the Czech Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louny
Louny (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Louny consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Louny (17,318) *Brloh (143) *Nečichy (102) Brloh forms an Enclave and exclave, exclave of the municipal territory. Etymology The origin of the name Louny is unclear. Older theories, which are less likely, link the name to the personal name Lún, to the Czech word ''lůno'' (literally 'womb', but here meaning 'valley'), to the bird ''luňák'' (i.e. 'Kite (bird), kite'), or even to the Celtic word ''louwn'' ('lawn'). More modern and more likely theories attribute the origin of the name to the Old Czech words ''lunúti'' ('to flow fast') and ''lúňa / lúna'' ('Current (stream), current'), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Democratic Alliance
The Civic Democratic Alliance (, ODA) was a conservative-liberal political party in the Czech Republic, active between 1989 (founded shortly after the Velvet revolution) and 2007. The ODA was part of government coalitions until 1997 and participated in transformation of the Czech economy. The party was supported by president Václav Havel who voted for it in 1992 and 1996 election. History The ODA was established in 1989 by a group of intellectuals as a conservative-liberal party, based on ideas often expressed in The Salisbury Review. The other motive was personal antipathy to Václav Klaus and his party Civic Democratic Party (ODS). In 1992 legislative election, ODA obtained over 300,000 votes (5,93 per cent of all votes) and gained 14 seats in Czech National Council. It became part of right-wing coalition (First government of Václav Klaus) together with the ODS, Christian and Democratic Union (KDU–ČSL) and Christian Democratic Party (KDS). In 1996 legislative ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Of Committed Non-Party Members
The Club of Committed Non-Party Members (in Czech ''Klub angažovaných nestraníků'', ''KAN'') is a small liberal conservative party in the Czech Republic co-founded by Rudolf Battěk. History The party was founded during the Prague Spring in May 1968 by 144 leading Czechoslovak intellectuals and prominent social figures. It was formed as an independent activist organisation with the purpose of advocating a reform program. It committed itself to human rights and civil equality, political pluralism, and the principles embodied in the UN Declaration on human rights. During its peak, it claimed to have almost 15,000 members. The Soviet Army formally proscribed it in September 1968. After the Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution () or Gentle Revolution () was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Pa ... of 1989, KAN was reor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TOP 09
TOP 09 (, ) is a liberal-conservative list of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Adamová, Markéta Pekarová Adamová. 14 of its members sit in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies, and two of them are Member of the European Parliament, MEPs. History Foundation and participation in government The party was founded on 11 June 2009 by Miroslav Kalousek who left the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party. Its first leader was Karel Schwarzenberg, who had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet, second Topolánek cabinet from January 2007 to March 2009, having been nominated by the Green Party (Czech Republic), Green Party for the post, and who had been elected to the Senate in 2004 as nominee of the Freedom Union – Democratic Union (US-DEU) and Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) parties. In the 2010 Czech legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independents (political Party)
The Independents () is a political party in the Czech Republic. History The party was established on 8 September 1994 as the Association of Prague Independents, before adopting its current name in 1995. In the 1996 Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections it received 0.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat. Despite increasing its vote share to 0.9% in the Chamber of Deputies elections and 0.8% in the Senate elections of 1998, the party remained seatless. The 2000 Senate elections saw the party finish fifth, although with only 1.5% of the vote and no seats. However, in the 2002 Senate elections the party received 4% of the vote in the first round, and won two seats. They won two seats in the European Parliament in the 2004 elections, and another seat in the Senate elections later the same year. After receiving just 0.6% of the vote in the 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party's vote share fell to 0.5% in the 2006 Senate elections and it failed to win a seat. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDU-ČSL
KDU-ČSL (In Czech language, Czech, the initials of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party; ), often shortened to ("the populars"), is a Christian democracy, Christian democratic list of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, led by Marek Výborný. The party has taken part in most of the Czech government coalitions since 1990, and has been represented in every parliament except for the 6th Czech parliament (2010-2013). It currently forms part of the Cabinet of Petr Fiala, as part of the Spolu electoral alliance. History After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Šrámek served as head of Czechoslovak government in exile (in the United Kingdom). After 1945, ČSL was part of the national unity government, forming its most right-wing section. Since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the party has participated in almost every Czech government. In the 2006 Czech legislative election, June 2006 legislative electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ANO 2011
ANO (), registered as ANO 2011, is a right-wing populist political party in the Czech Republic, led by businessman Andrej Babiš, who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. Formed in 2011, the party finished second in the first elections it contested in 2013, entering government as a junior partner to the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) led by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. After large gains in the 2017 election, these two parties switched places, with Babiš becoming prime minister in an ANO-led government with the Social Democrats as the junior partner, plus external support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, a post-revolution first for the country. ANO was narrowly defeated in the 2021 election by the Spolu coalition and went into opposition for the first time. The party has performed consistently strongly in Czech elections since 2013, winning every European Parliament election it has entered, and participating in regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloc Against Islamization – Defence Of The Homeland
Bloc Against Islamization – Defence of the Homeland (previously known as the Free Citizens (),Not to be confused with the party of the same name, founded in 2009 Party for Dignified Life () and Home ()Not to be confused with the party of the same name, founded in 2019 was an anti-Islam political party in the Czech Republic founded in 2003 by Eva Morávková who became the party's first chairwoman. In 2007, a former Czech Social Democratic Party MP Jana Volfová became party chair and the party was renamed to the Party for Dignified Life. Vice chairs were Eva Morávková, Daniel Bernard, Marie Paukejová, Marcela Kozerová, Miroslav Neubert, and Vladimír Pelc. Former Prime Minister Miloš Zeman was nomited party's patron. In 2014, the party was renamed to DOMOV (coming from Democracy – Responsibility – Morality – Courage – Patriotism (), meaning Home). David Štěpán became the party chair after Jana Volfová became chair of Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Democrats (Czech Republic)
Independent Democrats ( or NEZDEM) was a small populist political party in the Czech Republic. Its founder Vladimír Železný, MEP, was elected its chairman during the party's convention on 6–7 August 2005. It advocates strict immigration policies, the abolition of the Senate, and review of the country's relationship with the European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u .... References External linksOfficial websiteVladimír Železný(page in European Parliament) Political parties established in 2005 National conservative parties in the Czech Republic Libertas.eu 2005 establishments in the Czech Republic Defunct political parties in the Czech Republic Populism in the Czech Republic Eurosceptic parties in the Czech Republic 2015 disestablishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Party (Czech Republic)
The Green Party () is a green political party in the Czech Republic. History The Green party was founded in 1990 following the return to liberal democracy in Czechia following the Velvet Revolution. However, the party remained on the political margins until Jaromír Štětina was able to capture a seat in the Senate (upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic) in 2004. It was during this time that the Greens campaigned on pacificism (rejecting the idea that any foreign military power should have military bases in the Czech Republic) and greater incorporation of grassroots democracy in the country. Under new leader Marin Bursík, the Greens adopted a more pragmatic approach to politics and in the subsequent 2006 legislative election the party received 6.3% of the vote and won six seats in the lower house – the Chamber of Deputies. This resulted in the party taking part in the governing coalition, together with the Civic Democrats (ODS) and KDU–ČSL from Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of Common Sense
Rozumní, formerly known as the Party of Common Sense () was a Czech nationalist political party, led by Petr Hannig. History The party was founded in 2002 by Petr Hannig. The party received 0.2% of the vote in the 2002 Czech parliamentary election and failed to reach the 5% threshold for representation. This increased to 0.5% of the vote in the 2006 election. In 2009, the party began collaborating with former Eurosceptic MEP Jana Bobošíková, her party Politika 21, and other independent candidates. This electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. E ... ran in the 2009 European election under the name 'Sovereignty', led by Bobošíková. The list came fifth, winning 4.3% of the vote, just short of the 5% threshold for representation. In 2010, the party ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
