Party of Civic Rights

Party of Civic Rights Strana Práv Občanů

Leader	Jan Veleba
Founded	October 2009
Membership (2013)	3027^[1]
Ideology	Social democracy Social patriotism
Political position	Center-left to Left-wing
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 200
Senate	2 / 81
European Parliament	0 / 22
Regional councils	7 / 675
Local councils	100 / 62,178
Website
www.stranaprav.cz
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The Party of Civic Rights (Czech: Strana Práv Občanů, SPO), formerly Party of Civic Rights – Zeman's people (Czech: Strana Práv Občanů - Zemanovci, SPOZ) is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic founded in October 2009 by Miloš Zeman, former Prime Minister and former leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party.^[2] Zeman was elected in the first popular vote of President of the Czech Republic in January 2013.

In Spring 2014, Senator Jan Veleba elected as an independent candidate in 2012, joined the Party of Civic Rights and became its chairman. In Senate elections in October 2014, František Čuba, a famous businessman from the communist era, was elected as the party's second Senator.

Chairmans

	Person	Period
1.	Miloš Zeman Honorary chairman (13 November 2010 - present)	6 March 2010 – 29 May 2010
–	Vladimír Hönig (Vice-chairman)	29 May 2010 - 13 November 2010
2.	Vratislav Mynář	13. November 2010 – 23 March 2013
3.	Zdeněk Štengl	23 March 2013 – 29 March 2014
4.	Jan Veleba	29 March 2014 – present

References

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↑ Smlsal, Matěj (31 July 2013). "Zeman láká nováčky do SPOZ. Po jeho výhře se počet zájemců o členství zvedl o polovinu". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-10/czech-social-democrats-widen-lead-in-poll-before-may-elections.html

Political parties in the Czech Republic

Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers.

Chamber of Deputies 2013 (200 seats)	Czech Social Democratic Party (50) ANO 2011 (47) Communist Party (33) TOP 09 (26) Civic Democratic Party (16) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (14) Dawn - National Coalition (9) Freedom and Direct Democracy (3) without party affiliation (2)

Senate 2014 (81 seats)	Czech Social Democratic Party (35) Civic Democratic Party (14) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (10) STAN (3) ANO 2011 (4) Communist Party (1) Severočeši.cz (2) Green Party (4) TOP 09 (1) NK (1) Ostravak (1) Czech Pirate Party (1) Party of Civic Rights (2) non-affiliated (2)

European Parliament 2014 (21 seats)	ANO 2011 (4) TOP 09+STAN (4) Czech Social Democratic Party (4) Communist Party (3) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (3) Civic Democratic Party (2) Party of Free Citizens (1)

Other parties	Crown of Bohemia National Socialists – 21st Century Left National Democracy Czech Sovereignty Workers' Party of Social Justice Czech National Social Party

Sources Chamber of Deputies Senate Statistical Office Politics of the Czech Republic Politics portal List of political parties by country

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