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Pavel Bělobrádek
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Pavel Bělobrádek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavɛl ˈbjɛlobraːdɛk]; born 25 December 1976) is a Czech politician who served as the leader of KDU-ČSL from 2010 to 2019.[1]
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Political career
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2010–2013
In the 2010 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek was elected as a representative of Náchod, receiving 280 votes.[2]
On 8 June 2013, Bělobrádek was re-elected as chairman of KDU-ČSL at the convention in Olomouc, despite opposition from Zuzana Roithová.[3]
In the 2013 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek ran as the leader of KDU-ČSL in the Hradec Králové Region.[4] He was subsequently elected chairman of the KDU-ČSL Parliamentary Club.[5] On 27 November 2013, he was elected Deputy Speaker, receiving 133 votes in a secret ballot.[6] In December of the same year, he resigned as chairman of the party's parliamentary club and was succeeded by Marian Jurečka.[7]
2014–2017
In January 2014, Bělobrádek was nominated by KDU-ČSL as their candidate for the position of Deputy Prime Minister for Science, Research, and Innovation in Bohuslav Sobotka's cabinet.[8] He also defended his position during the 2014 Czech municipal elections.[9]
At the 2015 congress in Zlín, Bělobrádek was elected chairman of KDU-ČSL for the third time.[10] In the 2016 Czech regional elections, he successfully defended his mandate as a representative of the Hradec Králové Region as a party member.[11]
2018 Czech municipal elections
On 1 February 2018, Bělobrádek announced his intention to run for KDU-ČSL in the 2018 Czech municipal elections.[12] He won the first round with 26.62% of the votes[13] but faced Martin Červíček in the second round, where he was ultimately defeated.[14] In March 2019, Bělobrádek announced that he would step down as chairman of KDU-ČSL.[15] He was succeeded by Marek Výborný.[16]
2020s
In the 2020 Czech regional elections, Bělobrádek served as the leader of the Coalition for the Hradec Králové Region.[17] He successfully defended his mandate as a regional representative.[18] On 2 November 2020, he was appointed Second Deputy Governor of the Hradec Králové Region for Environment and Agriculture.[19]
In the 2021 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek was a member of KDU-ČSL and the second-place candidate for the Spolu coalition.[20] He received 10,691 preferential votes and was re-elected as a Member of Parliament.[21]
In the 2022 Czech municipal elections, Bělobrádek ran for a council seat in Náchod, placed 20th on the KDU-ČSL candidate list. He finished in fourth place but failed to secure the mandate.[22]
On 19 October 2024, Bělobrádek was elected 1st Vice-Chairman of KDU-ČSL at the convention in Olomouc.[23]
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Personal life
Bělobrádek is married to his wife, Jana.[24] They have a son named Josef, as well as daughters, Anežka and Marie.[25]
Before the 2010 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek revealed that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but his condition had been stable for ten years.[26] One week after the unsuccessful parliamentary elections, Bělobrádek declared that the current situation of the People's Party was behind them.[27]
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