Ivan Bartoš
Ivan Bartoš | |
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Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization of the Czech Republic | |
Assumed office 17 December 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Petr Fiala |
Minister of Regional Development | |
Assumed office 17 December 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Petr Fiala |
Preceded by | Klára Dostálová |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 21 October 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) | 20 March 1980
Political party | Czech Pirate Party |
Spouse |
Lydie Franka Bartošová
(m. 2015) |
Charles University | |
Website | pirati.cz |
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Ivan Bartoš (born 20 March 1980) is a Czech
Cabinet of Petr Fiala since December 2021. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since October 2017, and the chairman of the party since 2016, as well as previously between 2009 and 2014.[1]
Early life
Ivan Bartoš was born on 20 March 1980 in
Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague and participated in a student exchange program at the University of New Orleans. Subsequently, Bartoš worked in the IT industry and was elected chairman of the Pirate Party in October 2009.[2][3]
Political career
Leader of the Pirate Party
Bartoš led the party into its first
national elections in 2010, with the Pirates receiving 0.8% of the vote and therefore no representation in the Chamber of Deputies.[4]
Bartoš was the party's leading candidate again in
legislative elections in 2013. The party won 2.66% of the vote, not reaching the 5% electoral threshold.[5] Bartoš was the Pirates' leading candidate for the 2014 European Parliament election, but the party narrowly missed the 5% electoral threshold, receiving 4.78% of the vote.[6] In June 2014, Bartoš resigned as party leader.[7]
In parliament
Bartoš was
2017 legislative elections, taking 10.8% of the national vote to become the third largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, with 22 out of 200 seats.[1] He served as the chairman of the Committee on Public Administration and Regional Development from November 2017 until November 2021.[8]
Bartoš was
three MEPs.[9]
In government
In January 2020, Bartoš
Cabinet of Petr Fiala
.
Personal life and views
He is a member of the
anti-fascist events[12] and is a pacifist.[13] Bartoš participates in "do it yourself" culture, plays accordion, and played church organ during his youth.[11]
References
- ^ a b Czech election: Billionaire Babis wins by large margin. BBC News. Published on 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Pirate Party 24.-25. October 2009 meeting resolution". Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Předsedou Pirátské strany byl zvolen Ivan Bartoš". lidovky.cz (in Czech). Lidové noviny. 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic held on 28 – 29 May 2010". volby.cz. Czech Statistical Office.
- ^ "Výsledky voleb 2013". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 19 October 2013.
- ^ "Přehled výsledků: Nejvíc preferenčních hlasů dostal Jiří Pospíšil, druhý je Keller". data.blog.ihned.cz (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Předseda České pirátské strany Bartoš rezignoval". zpravy.aktualne.cz (in Czech). Aktuálně.cz. 6 June 2014.
- ^ "PhDr. Ivan Bartos, Ph.D." psp.cz. Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky.
- ^ Elections to the European Parliament held on the territory of the Czech Republic on 24 – 25 May 2019. Czech Statistical Office.
- ^ "Lídrem koalice Pirátů a STAN má být Ivan Bartoš". ČT24 (in Czech). 14 December 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ a b Sedlák, Jan (23 January 2017). "Cíl je změna. Prostředek je politika, říká šéf pirátů". Jablonecký Deník (in Czech).
- ^ Černá, Monika (17 October 2017). "Kompro na Bartoše? Ano, byl jsem na demonstracích. A nestydím se za to, vzkazuje šéf Pirátů". eurozpravy.cz. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ Bohuslavová, Renáta (10 October 2017). "Předseda Pirátů Bartoš: Nejsme vítači migrantů a jít do vlády se nebojíme". novinky.cz (in Czech). Novinky.
External links
- Media related to Ivan Bartoš at Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Bartoš Archived 7 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine on Czech Pirate Party website