Jan Sobotka

Jan Sobotka
Senator from Trutnov
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 January 2018
Preceded byJiří Hlavatý
Mayor of Vrchlabí
Incumbent
Assumed office
1998
Preceded byJosef Krejčí
Personal details
Born (1961-07-25) 25 July 1961 (age 63)
Vrchlabí, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political partyIndependent (since 1998)
Civic Democratic Party (1994-1998)
Websitehttp://www.jansobotka.cz/

Jan Sobotka (born 25 July 1961) is a Czech politician who has served as Mayor of Vrchlabí since 1998 and Senator from Trutnov since 2018.

Biography

Sobotka studied Brno University of Technology. He finished his studies in 1988. He worked at Agrostav D. Králové n.L. and in 1990 he started his own business.[1]

Political career

Sobotka was a member of the Civic Democratic Party in 1990s and in 1994 he was elected a member of Vrchlabí municipal assembly.[2] He became Mayor of Vrchlabí in 1998. He was an independent candidate nominated by Freedom Union (US). He ran as candidate of US for Senate in 2008 senate election but wasn't elected.[3][4]

Sobotka ran in 2018 by-election in Trutnov district. He was nominated by Mayors and Independents and supported by the Civic Democratic Party, TOP 09 and Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party.[5] Sobotka defeated Hlavatý on 13 January 2018.[6]

References

  1. ^ "ŠTAFETA K RADNICI - Vrchlabí: První odpovídá Jan Sobotka". Krkonošský deník (in Czech). 27 August 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Jmenné seznamy". www.volby.cz. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ Plecháč, Tomáš (23 April 2008). "Starosta Vrchlabí Sobotka zasáhne do senátních voleb". Krkonošský deník (in Czech). Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Trutnovsko volí senátora, favoritem je ANO a sjednocená pravice". denikreferendum.cz (in Czech). 4 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Do druhého kola senátních voleb na Trutnovsku postoupili Jan Sobotka a Jiří Hlavatý". Lidovky.cz. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Hlavatému se návrat do Senátu vzdaluje". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.