Tomáš Vandas
Tomáš Vandas | |
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Chairman of Workers' Party | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 31 May 2003 | |
Preceded by | Jiří Štěpánek |
Personal details | |
Born | (1969-03-03) 3 March 1969 (age 55) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Nationality | Czech |
Political party | SPR–RSČ (1995–2003) Workers' Party (2003–2010) DSSS (2010–) |
Profession | Quality manager, politician |
Website | http://www.tomasvandas.cz |
Tomáš Vandas (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈvandas]; born 3 March 1969) is a Czech far-right politician, who has been chairman of the non-parliamentary Workers' Party of Social Justice since 2003.
Education and occupation
Vandas was born in Prague. Having completed a plumbing course, he continued his education at the High School of Industrial Technology. He is a graduate of the Jan Amos Komensky University of Prague, where he achieved a bachelor's degree in social and mass communication.[citation needed]
Political career
Vandas began his political activism in 1995. From 1997-98 he worked for the Coalition for Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia, initially as an assistant to an MP, and later as a member of the party's audit committee. After the parliamentary elections in 1998 he became general secretary to SPR-RSČ. In 2003 he was a founding member of the Workers' Party, and has been its chairman since 31 May 2003.
Vandas stood in the senate elections in 2010 but was unsuccessful, receiving 5.13% of the vote. In March 2012, Vandas announced his intention to run for Czech president in the 2013 direct presidential elections,[1] but failed to collect the required 50,000 signatures.
References
- ^ "Leader of far-right DSSS Vandas running for Czech president". Ceskenoviny.cz. 3 March 2012.
External links
- Official website (in Czech)
- Official website of Workers' party
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