Libor Vondráček

Libor Vondráček
Vondráček in 2024
Chairman of Svobodní
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 October 2019
Preceded byTomáš Pajonk
Personal details
Born (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 30)
Pelhřimov, Czech Republic
Political partyIndependent
Alma materFaculty of Law, Charles University

Libor Vondráček (born 29 July 1994) is a Czech politician who has served as chairman of Svobodní since October 2019.

Early life and education

As part of his studies, Vondráček focused on constitutional law, which culminated in the submission of his diploma thesis "Majority-forming elements in the electoral formula of proportional representation on the example of elections in the Czech Republic" under the guidance of the author of electoral laws, Jan Filip (lawyer) [cs].[1]

Political career

In the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, Vondráček received the most preferential votes in the fifth place among the regional candidates, which was unsuccessful for Svobodní as the party won only 1.56% of the votes.[2]

Vondráček finished second place with four mandates in the 2018 Senate election, but failed due to a situation where two veteran candidates jumped ahead of him.[3]

During the 2019 European Parliament election, Vondráček ran as a member of Svobodní in the sixth place but was not elected.[4] In 2020 regional elections, he failed to lead Svobodní in the South Bohemian Region as the party was not elected to the council.[5]

In January 2021, Vondráček called a demonstration against government measures. The speakers motivated the participants to civil disobedience by violating government regulations. Police reported the convenor to the administrative body for exceeding the permitted number of participants.[6] During the parliamentary election later that year, he was the leader of the political formation Tricolor and Svobodní in the South Bohemian Region,[7] but failed did not exceed the 5% threshold necessary to enter the Chamber of Deputies.

In the 2019 European Parliament election, Vondráček was the leader of the Svobodní candidate list.[8] However, the party received only 1.76% of the vote and he was not elected as a result.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Většinotvorné prvky ve volební formuli poměrného zastoupení na příkladu voleb v České republice". Masaryk University (in Czech). 9 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2017 | promítnuto usnesení NSS | Přednostní hlasy – Svobodní" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2018" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České republiky ve dnech 2019 | Strana Svobodní+RČ" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 2020 | Jihočeský kraj – Svobodní" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. ^ ""Stop koronateroru." V centru Prahy protestovali lidé proti vládním opatřením". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Naši lidé jsou taky Vaši lidé". pravozit.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ^ Dolejší, Milan (8 January 2024). "Svobodné povede do eurovoleb jejich předseda Vondráček. Stranu podpoří Soukromníci a další uskupení". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České republiky ve dnech 2024 | Strana Svobodní" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 17 June 2024.