Miroslav Sládek
| Miroslav Sládek | |
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| Leader of the Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (2016) | |
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Assumed office 18 June 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Position Re-established |
| Leader of the Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (1990) | |
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In office 24 February 1990 – 16 February 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 1 June 1996 – 19 June 1998 |
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| Member of the Federal Assembly | |
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In office 1 June 1992 – 31 December 1992 |
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| Mayor of Brno-Útěchov | |
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In office May 2003 – May 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Jaromír Sáňka |
| Succeeded by | Zdeněk Drahoš |
| Personal details | |
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24 October 1950 Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
Coalition for Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (1990-2001) (2016-) |
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| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Miroslav Sládek (October 24, 1950 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech right-wing populist politician, founder and chairman of the Coalition for Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia. His party was disbanded in 2001, but it was re-established in 2016.
Sládek grew up in the town Kostelec nad Orlicí. He studied at the Charles University in Prague, specializing in information and library systems. Before the fall of Communism in 1989 he worked at the Czech Office for Press and Information.
Sládek is a Roman Catholic. He is currently married to , who has also been involved in leadership positions in the Coalition for Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia.
In 1990 Sládek founded a new political party, Sdružení pro republiku - Republikánska strana Československa, SPR-RSČ (Coalition for Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia). The name referred to the powerful pre-war Agrarian Party (officially named Republican party) and probably to other parties in other countries. Sládek became party chairman in 1990 (and was elected again in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1998).
Sládek was the symbol and the most active member of the party visiting several towns or villages per day with political speeches. A poster with his photo was printed in huge quantities and used, without any change, during several elections. He had made all the major decisions, set the politics of the party and expelled those not loyal enough to the leader.
SPR-RSČ was a populistic protest party. The programme pointed to real problems as massive corruption during voucher privatisation or high criminality among Roma (Gypsies) and promised to solve them with an "iron fist". The party used the resentments and fear of Sudeten Germans, expelled in 1945, and painted itself as the only protector of the nation. Stopping the immigration, support of death penalty and aversion to the EU were other points of the programme.
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