Czech National Social Party
Czech National Social Party Česká strana národně sociální | |
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Reformist socialism | |
Political position | Centre to centre-left Historical: Centre-left |
National affiliation | Stačilo! |
International affiliation | International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties (1929–1936) |
Colours | White, Red, Blue, Gold |
Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 200 |
Senate | 0 / 81 |
European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
Regional councils | 0 / 675 |
Local councils | 9 / 62,300 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
www.csns.cz | |
Czech National Social Party (
Despite the similar name, the Czech "National Socialists" were not affiliated with
After the Second World War, the party was revived and became the second strongest party, behind the
History
The party was founded in 1897 and was led by
In 1918 the party changed its name from the Czech National Social Party to the Czech Socialist Party, in 1919 to the Czechoslovak Socialist Party, and in 1926 to the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party. Edvard Beneš took de facto party leadership, although de jure, it was his ally Václav Klofáč. Jiří Stříbrný and his supporters were expelled for disagreements with Václav Klofáč and Edvard Beneš. The expelled Stříbrný faction later cooperated with the fascist movement and National Democratic Party.[7]
In its first years, the party bore some resemblance to
From 1921, the party was part of most Czechoslovak government coalitions. Its newspaper was the
Under German occupation, the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party functioned in exile and most of its members were active in the
During the
After the 1996 elections, the party split and was renamed again in 1997 to the Czech National Social Party. Having fallen well short of returning to parliament and crippled by financial debts, the party has almost disappeared. In 2017, Karel Schwarzenberg and Mirek Topolánek said that the Civic Democratic Party can be considered a spiritual successor to the pre-war Czechoslovak National Social Party.[13][14]
Party Chairman
- Alois Simonides, Josef Klečák (1897), chairmen of preparatory congress
- František Kváča (1897 - 1898), the founding chairman ruling party to I. Congress in April 1898
- Václav Klofáč (1898 - 1914, 1918 - 1938), the first officially recognized party chairman at the First Congress
- Petr Zenkl (May 17, 1945 - February 24, 1948)
Homeland leaders
- Emanuel Šlechta (1948 - 1960)
- Alois Neuman (1960 - 1968)
- Bohuslav Kučera (1968 - 1989)
- Jan Škoda (1989 - 1990)
- Jiří Vyvadil ( 1990 - 1991)
Leaders in-exile
- Petr Zenkl (1948 - 1975)
- Mojmír Povolný (1975 - 1991)
- Ladislav Dvořák (January 13, 1991 - May 30, 1993)
- Pavel Hirš (May 30, 1993 - May 28, 1995)
- Vavřinec Bodenlos (May 28, 1995, from December 3, 1995, Co for LSNS - June 22, 1996)
- Jiří Dienstbier (from December 3, 1995, Co for SD - November 30, 1996)
- Tomáš Sokol (November 30, 1996 - from July 18, 1997, for inactivity assumes the role of Chairman 1st Deputy Miroslav Tampír, resigned September 1997)
- Miroslav Tampír (Acting Vice September 20, 1997 - October 25, 1998)
- Jan Šula (October 25, 1998 - June 22, 2002)
- Jaroslav Rovný (July 20, 2002 - November 3, 2012)
- Michal Klusáček (November 3, 2012 - June 15, 2019)
- Vladislav Svoboda (June 15, 2019 - )
Name changes
Name | Year |
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Party of Czechoslavonic National Workers (Czech: Strana národního dělnictva českoslovanského) | 1897 - 1898 |
Czech National Social Party (Czech: Česká strana národně sociální) | 1898 - 1918 |
Czech Socialist Party (Czech: Česká strana socialistická) | 1918 - 1919 |
Czechoslovak Socialist Party (Czech: Československá strana socialistická) | 1919 - 1926 |
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party (Czech: Československá strana národně socialistická) | 1926 - 1948 |
Czechoslovak Socialist Party (Czech: Československá strana socialistická) | 1948 - 1993 |
Liberal National Social Party (Czech: Liberální strana národně sociální) | 1993 - 1995 |
Free Democrats – Liberal National Social Party (Czech: Svobodní demokraté – Liberální strana národně sociální) | 1995 - 1997 |
Czech National Social Party (Czech: Česká strana národně sociální) | From 1997 |
Symbols
Traditional symbol of the party is a quill and hammer, that symbolize clerks and workers. According to their sign, they are nicknamed quills (Czech: brkouni).
Logos
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Party logo, 1948–1990
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Party logo, 1995–1997
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Party symbol,
1997–2012 -
Party logo before 1948, Current logo
Election results
Imperial Council
Date | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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# | % | # | ± | Size | |||
1900–1901 | Václav Klofáč | 5,404 | 0.50 | 4 / 425
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4 | 16th | Opposition |
1907 | Václav Klofáč | 75,101 | 1.63 | 6 / 516
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2 | 21st | Opposition |
1911 | Václav Klofáč | 95,901 | 2.11 | 13 / 516
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7 | 15th | Opposition |
Czechoslovakia wide elections
Legislative elections
Date | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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# | % | # | ± | Size | |||
1920 | Václav Klofáč | 500,821 | 8.1 | 24 / 281
|
24 | 5th | Coalition |
1925 | Václav Klofáč | 609,915 | 8.6 | 28 / 300
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4 | 5th | Opposition |
1929 | Václav Klofáč | 767,328 | 10.4 | 32 / 300
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4 | 3rd | Coalition |
1935 | Václav Klofáč | 755,872 | 9.2 | 28 / 300
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4 | 5th | Coalition |
1946 | Petr Zenkl | 1,298,980 | 18.3 | 55 / 300
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27 | 2nd | Coalition |
1948 | as part of National Front | 23 / 300
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22 | 4th | Bloc | ||
1954 | 20 / 368
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3 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1960 | 19 / 300
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1 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1964 | 24 / 300
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5 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1971 | 20 / 200
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1 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1976 | 17 / 200
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3 | 4th | Bloc | |||
1981 | 18 / 200
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1 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1986 | 18 / 200
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0 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1990 | Jiří Vyvadil | 201,532 | 1.9 | 0 / 150
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18 | 12th | No seats |
1992 | František Trnka | 378,962 | 4.0 | 1 / 150
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1 | 8th | Opposition |
Since 1990
- 1990 Czech National Council: 2.7% - no seat
- 1992 Czech National Council: (as a part of Liberal-Social Union 6.5% - 16 seats)
- 1996 Chamber of Deputies: (with Free Democrats 2.1% - no seat)
- 1996 Senate: no seat
- 1998 Chamber of Deputies: 0.3% - no seat
- 1998 Senate: no seat
- 2000 Senate: no seat
- 2002 Chamber of Deputies: 0.8% - no seat
- 2002 Senate: no seat
- 2006 Chamber of Deputies: 1.3% - no seat
- 2006 Senate: no seat
See also
- Timeline of liberal parties in the Czech lands
- Barák Workers Association
- Czech National Socialist Party
- National Socialists – Left of the 21st century
- Brno Noppeisen, a bilingual German and Czech socialist newspaper in the 1870s
References
- ^ ISBN 9788021077959. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Havránek, Jan (1995). Český liberalismus: texty a osobnosti. Torst. p. 277.
- ^ "Osobnost ČSNS: Edvard Beneš". www.csns.cz (in Czech). 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Detlef Brandes (1979). Karl Bosl (ed.). Die Tschechoslowakischen National-Sozialisten. pp. 149–150.
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- ^ "Historie ČSNS". www.csns.cz (in Czech). 5 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Schwarzenberg: Buďme vděční Madeleine Albrightové za to, že jsme v NATO. Když jsme chlastali s Topolánkem..." Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Schwarzenberg: Vztahy v koalici nejsou dobré a budou se ještě zhoršovat". MZV.cz. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
Bibliography
- Karel Hoch: The Political Parties of Czechoslovakia.
- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn: Leftism Revisited, Regnery Gateway, Washington D.C., 1990, pp. 145–146.
- Malá encyklopédia Slovenska, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 1987
External links
- Czech National Social Party Official website