Pavel Bělobrádek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavɛl ˈbjɛlobraːdɛk]; born 25 December 1976) is a Czech politician who served as leader of KDU-ČSL from 2010 to 2019.[1]
Pavel Bělobrádek | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Minister of Science and Research | |
| In office 29 January 2014 – 13 December 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Bohuslav Sobotka |
| Preceded by | Martin Pecina |
| Succeeded by | Richard Brabec Martin Stropnický |
| Leader of KDU-ČSL | |
| In office 20 November 2010 – 29 March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Cyril Svoboda |
| Succeeded by | Marek Výborný |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1976 Náchod, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | KDU-ČSL |
| Profession | Veterinary physician |
Political career
2010–2013
In the 2010 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek received 280 votes as an elected representative of Náchod.[2]
On 8 June 2013, Bělobrádek was re-elected chairman of KDU-ČSL the convention in Olomouc, only to be opposed by Zuzana Roithová.[3]
In the 2013 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek ran in the Hradec Králové Region as the leader of the KDU-ČSL.[4] He was later elected chairman of the KDU-ČSL Parliamentary Club.[5] On 27 November 2013, Bělobrádek was elected Deputy Speaker, winning 133 votes in a secret ballot.[6] The same year in December, he resigned as chairman of the party's parliamentary club and was replaced by Marian Jurečka.[7]
2014–2017
In January 2014, Bělobrádek became the KDU-ČSL candidate for the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Science, Research and Innovation in the Cabinet of Bohuslav Sobotka.[8] The former also defended his position in the 2014 Czech municipal elections.[9]
At the 2015 congress in Zlín, Bělobrádek was elected chairman of the KDU-ČSL for the third time.[10] In the 2016 Czech regional elections, he managed to defend the mandate of the representative of the Hradec Králové region from the position of a party member.[11]
2018 Czech municipal elections
On 1 February 2018, Bělobrádek announced his intention to run for the KDU-ČSL in the 2018 Czech municipal elections.[12] He won the first round of the election with 26.62% votes.[13] Bělobrádek faced Martin Červíček in the second round but ended up losing.[14] In March 2019, Bělobrádek announced that he would no longer be the chairman of KDU-ČSL.[15] He was succeeded by Marek Výborný.[16]
2020s
In the 2020 Czech regional elections, Bělobrádek the leader of the Coalition for the Hradec Králové Region.[17] He managed to defend the mandate of regional representative.[18] On 2 November 2020, Bělobrádek also became the Second Deputy Governor of the Hradec Králové Region for Environment and Agriculture.[19]
In the 2021 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek was member of the KDU-ČSL in the second place candidate of the Spolu coalition.[20] He received 10,691 preferential votes and was re-elected as an MP.[21]
In the 2022 Czech municipal elections, Bělobrádek ran for council in Náchod from the 20th place of the KDU-ČSL candidate. He finished fourth place, but did not defend the mandate.[22]
Personal life
Bělobrádek is married to his wife Jana.[23] They have a son named Josef along with daughters, Anežka and Marie.[24]
Before the 2010 Czech parliamentary election, Bělobrádek stated that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but his condition has been stable for ten years.[25] One week after the unsuccessful parliamentary elections, Bělobrádek declared that the current situation of the People's Party is left behind.[26]