Civic Democratic Party leadership election, 2014

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Candidate	Petr Fiala	Miroslava Němcová	Edvard Kožušník
Popular vote	437	66	32
Percentage	81.68%	12.34%	5.98%

Leader of ODS before election

Martin Kuba (acting)

Elected Leader of ODS

Petr Fiala

Martin Kuba (acting)

Petr Fiala

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election of 2014 was a result of party's electoral defeat in 2013 legislative election. Candidates include former Minister of Education and Chairman of Masaryk University Petr Fiala, former Prime Minister candidate Miroslava Němcová and MEP Edvard Kožušník. Fiala was nominated by 12 regional organisations and thus was considered a front-runner. Fiala was also endorsed by acting leader of ODS Martin Kuba. Edvard Kožušník was endorsed by Liberec Region organisation of ODS. Over 500 delegates voted.

Petr Fiala won a landslide victory when he received 437 votes. Fiala said that he wants to change political culture in ODS and that he wants to be a leader similar to Václav Klaus and Margaret Thatcher.

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