Vít Jedlička
| Vít Jedlička | |
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 1st President of the Free Republic of Liberland | |
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Assumed office 13 April 2015 | |
| President in Hradec Králové Region of the Party of Free Citizens | |
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Assumed office 23 March 2009 | |
| President of Reformy.cz | |
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Assumed office 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 September 1983 Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
Civic Democratic Party Free Citizens Party (2009-present) |
| Alma mater | University of Economics, Prague, CEVRO Institute |
Vít Jedlička (Czech pronunciation: [ˈviːt ˈjɛdlɪtʃka]; born 6 September 1983) is a Czech politician, publicist and activist.
He is the president of the Party of Free Citizens in the Hradec Králové Region,[1] and the founder and president of a Czech voluntary association Reformy.cz.[2][3] On 13 April 2015, he founded the self-declared libertarian micronation Free Republic of Liberland.[4]
Background
Vít Jedlička received his Bachelor's degree from University of Economics, Prague in 2009, and his Master's degree from CEVRO Institut in 2014. Since 2003 he has been working at business and information technology positions. In 2013 and 2014 he also worked as financial markets analyst.[5]
Politics
From 2001, Vít Jedlička was a member of Civic Democratic Party. Since 2009 he has been a member of the Free Citizens Party. In 2009 he was elected the first regional president in Hradec Králové Region of the Free Citizens Party.
Views
Jedlička considers himself as libertarian with liberal views on individual freedom and the least state intrusion possible.[6] A Property and Freedom Society attendee in 2015, his views are similar to that of American politician Ron Paul.[7] He has described himself as a Bastiat-influenced anarcho-capitalist in a podcast.[8] Jedlička is a eurosceptic and points to the huge difference between a free market and an internal market. He has also sought to raise awareness of the democratic deficit in the institution of the EU and of the abuse of basic moral rules by EU institutions and EU member states.[9] Jedlička described the European Stability Mechanism as a protectorate.[10]
Socialism is the false belief that the state will spend your money better than you would.[11]— Vít Jedlička
Liberland
On 13 April 2015 Vít Jedlička proclaimed the Free Republic of Liberland on land between Serbia and Croatia unclaimed by either nation and became its first president.[4][12]
References
- ↑ "Královéhradecký kraj | Svobodní". Web.svobodni.cz. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
- ↑ "Connecting People Through News". PressReader.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
- ↑ "Klub Reformy.cz - Vít Jedlička (blog.idnes.cz)". Vitjedlicka.blog.idnes.cz. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
- 1 2 "Člen Svobodných vyhlásil na území bývalé Jugoslávie vlastní stát" (in Czech). novinky.cz.
- ↑ "Bc. Vít Jedlička - Životopis" (PDF) (in Czech). svobodni.cz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2011.
- ↑ "Je pravičák a vzteká se: Nečas lže a zrazuje ODS" (in Czech). Parlamentní listy.
- ↑ "Pravičák Jedlička: Usama byl zabit bez soudu. Opovrhování právy" (in Czech). Parlamentní listy.
- ↑ "Anarchast Ep. 217 Vit Jedlička: The President of the New Anarcho-Capitalist State Liberland". Youtube.
- ↑ "Jakub Janda / Vít Jedlička - integrace s EU - Debatní klub". YouTube.
- ↑ "Vít Jedlička: Schválení europrotektorátu (ESM) by byl vrchol" (in Czech). Reformy.cz.
- ↑ "Citáty" (in Czech). Reformy.cz.
- ↑ "Meet the Man Who Claims He Just Founded a New Country in Europe". Time.