ANO 2011
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ANO 2011
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| Leader | Andrej Babiš |
| Founded | 11 May 2012 |
| Headquarters | Babická 2329/2 149 00 Praha 4 |
| Think tank | Institute for Politics and Society |
| Youth wing | Young ANO |
| Membership (2016) | 2777 |
| Ideology |
Centrism Liberalism Populism Syncretic politics |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Colours | Blue |
| Slogan | Yes, it will get better |
| Chamber of Deputies |
47 / 200
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| Senate |
7 / 81
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| European Parliament |
4 / 21
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| Regional councils |
176 / 675
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| Local councils |
1,610 / 62,300
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| Website | |
| http://www.anobudelip.cz/ | |
ANO 2011 is a centrist and populistpolitical party in the Czech Republic founded by Andrej Babiš, second wealthiest man in the Czech Republic, owner of Agrofert and media publishing company MAFRA. It is based on the former movement Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (Czech: Akce nespokojených občanů, ANO). "Ano" means "yes" in Czech.
The idea of founding a new political party came after current leader and founder Andrej Babiš started talking about systemic corruption. His statements were supported by thousands of Czechs. ANO 2011 started as association in November 2011, and on 11 May 2012 ANO became official political party in the Czech Republic.
In 2013 Czech legislative election held on 25–26 October 2013, ANO gained 18.7% of the vote and 47 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, attaining second place behind the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).
On 29 January 2014, the Cabinet of Social Democrat Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka was sworn in, with ANO and the Christian Democratic Union (KDU–ČSL) participating as junior coalition partners to the ČSSD.
On 24–25 May 2014, ANO came first nationally in the 2014 European election gaining 16.13% of votes and 4 seats, joining the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group in European Parliament. On 10 September 2014, ANO member Věra Jourová was designated European Commissioner of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality in the Juncker Commission.
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