The Conservative Party (), abbreviated to KONS, is a small

centre-right Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalis ...

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in the

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. The party opposes

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, and advocates

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and reduction of

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es and

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History

Founded in 1990, the party merged with the Union Republicans in 1993, and the

Party of Conservative Accord The Party of Conservative Accord () was a conservative political party in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by ...

in 2001.

Leadership

* 1990-1993 - Dr. Ganzwohl * 1993-2008 - Dr. Fořt * 2008–present - Dr. Kubalčík

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Conservative parties in the Czech Republic Eurosceptic parties in the Czech Republic Political parties established in 1990 1990 establishments in Czechoslovakia Anti-communist parties in the Czech Republic