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ČSSD leadership election, 2018
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Leader of ČSSD before election

Milan Chovanec (acting)

 Elected Leader of ČSSD

TBA

Next Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election will be held following Czech legislative election, 2017. ČSSD will choose it's new leader.[1]

Candidates

  • Lubomír Zaorálek - ČSSD candidate for the Prime Minister. On 29 July 2017, he expressed his intention to run for the position.[2][3]

Speculative

  • Milan Chovanec, acting leader of the party. He is speculated to be a candidate. He hasn't ruled out his candidacy.[4]

Refused

  • Jiří Paroubek, former leader of the party. He left ČSSD in 2011 and established new party National Socialists – Left of the 21st century. He announced his intention to return to ČSSD. His return had to be validated by Prage organisation but it was rejected. He stated that opponents of his return are afraid that he could run for the leadership of ČSSD.[5]
  • Bohuslav Sobotka, Prime Minister and a former leader of ČSSD. He refused to run.[6]

Background

Previous election was held in 2017. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka was reelected as party's leader and expressed intention to remain in the position until 2019 when the new leader would be elected.[7] Poor results in opinion polls led to Sobotka's resignation on 14 June 2017. Minister of Internal Affairs Milan Chovanec became actng leader of the party while Lubomír Zaorálek became electoral leader for 2017 legislative election.[8] Chovanec announced on 29 July that election of the new leader will be held in 2018, most likely in Spring. He mentioned March as a possible date. Lubomír Zaorálek announced his intention to participate in the election.[3][9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Případný volební sjezd ČSSD by mohl být na jaře, míní Chovanec". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ Brodníčková, Karolína. "Zaorálek: Chci vyhrát volby a být předsedou ČSSD". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2017. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 30 (help)
  3. ^ a b "Zaorálek chce být šéfem ČSSD. Nejdřív však chce volební úspěch". Echo24 (in Czech). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Chovanec: Volební sjezd ČSSD by mohl být na jaře". Deník.cz (in Czech). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Paroubek předčasně ukončil rozhovor v Českém rozhlase a odešel". iDNES.cz. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Nemám ambici vracet se do vedení ČSSD, zůstat členem chci, říká Sobotka". iDNES.cz. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Účty složíme za dva roky, ne po volbách, prohlásil Sobotka". Deník.cz (in Czech). 12 March 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Sobotka končí v čele ČSSD, volebním lídrem bude Zaorálek". iDNES.cz. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Zaorálek ráno připustil kandidaturu do čela ČSSD. A Chovanec se rychle přihlásil taky". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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