1990 Civic Forum leadership election

Czech Republic presidential OF logo.png no 13 October 1990 150x150px Václav Klaus MKDP 034EA2 115 68.9% 150x150px Martin Palouš MOS 423F83 52 31.1% Leader of Civic Forum none Václav Klaus A leadership election for the Civic Forum party was held in Czechoslovakia on 13 October 1990. Václav Klaus was elected the leader of the party, defeating Martin Palouš.CEVRO - Václav Klaus - předsednictví v datech http://www.cevro.cz/cs/231056-vaclav-klaus-predsednictvi-datech www.cevro.cz 6 March 2017 csJirko Dienstbiere, tohle je na pěst. Pozoruhodný příběh politika, který nechtěně dostal do sedla Klause i Zemana http://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/arena/monitor/Jirko-Dienstbiere-tohle-je-na-pest-Pozoruhodny-pribeh-politika-ktery-nechtene-dostal-do-sedla-Klause-i-Zemana-462431 Parlamentní Listy 6 March 2017 Election was held in Hostivař. Klaus received 115 votes while Palouš only 52.Martin Palouš životopis http://zivotopis.osobnosti.cz/martin-palous.php OSOBNOSTI.cz 6 March 2017 Background Civic Forum was formed in 1989 as a syncretic political movement. Two major wings were formed in the party. Right-wing was represented by Václav Klaus and Miroslav Macek. Centrist wing was represented by Pavel Rychetský, Petr Pithart and Martin Palouš. People representing rightist wing within Civic Forum eventually formed Interparliamentary Club of the Democratic Right (MKDP). Centrists formed Interparliamentary Civic Association (MOS). MKDP wanted Civic Forum to become a right-wing political party while MOS wanted to prevent it.Bugajski Janusz Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era 2002 M.E. Sharpe 9781563246760 231 https://books.google.com/books?id=9gGKtLTQlUcC interparliamentary club of the democratic right conservative. Leadership election of Civic Forum was scheduled for 13 October 1990 in Hostivař. MKDP supported Václav Klaus for the position. Martin Palouš became a candidate of MOS. Palouš was considered front-runner but Klaus was building his support in regions. Pavel Rychetský also decided to run for the position of the leader. Palouš was endorsed by the Council of Civic Forum.televize Česká OF(F). Před čtvrtstoletím se rozpadlo Občanské fórum http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/domaci/1703487-pred-ctvrtstoletim-se-rozpadlo-obcanske-forum ČT24 22 July 2017 cs Candidates Václav Klaus - Klaus was a leader of Interparliamentary Club of the Democratic Right (MKDP), a Conservative wing of the party. He also wanted Civic Forum to transform into a right-wing political party.Nepolitická politika Občanského fóra předznamenala jeho úspěch i pád http://prazsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/nepoliticka-politika-obcanskeho-fora-predznamenala-jeho-uspech-i-pad-20141119.html Pražský deník 6 March 2017 cs 19 November 2014 Klaus had strong support from regions but his victory wasn't expected.Občanské demokraty čeká kongres, rozhodne o dalším směřování ODS i o osudu vlády http://www.kurzy.cz/tema/detail/obcanske-demokraty-ceka-kongres-rozhodne-o-dalsim-smerovani-1331801.html www.kurzy.cz 6 March 2017 cs Martin Palouš - Palouš represented Interparliamentary Civic Association (MOS), the Centrist wing of Civic Forum and wanted it to remain a revolutionary political movement. He was close to president Václav Havel.Co na sebe vím VII – Divadelní noviny http://www.divadelni-noviny.cz/co-na-sebe-vim-vii-2 www.divadelni-noviny.cz 6 March 2017 Pavel Rychetský - Rychetský withdrew from election before the voting started. He was also part of the centrist wing.Pšeja Pavel Občanské fórum jako katalysátor vývoje stranického systému ČR Politologický Časopis 2004 http://www.politologickycasopis.cz/userfiles/file/2004/3/Polcas_2004_3_pp_316_327.pdf 21 July 2017 Voting CandidateVotesVáclav Klaus11568.8668.9 034EA2Martin Palouš5231.1431.1 423F83 Voting was held on 13 October 1990. Klaus was considered outsider in the election. Both candidates had their speech to address electors. Klaus talked about division of the movement in economical policy and stated that the future of OF should not be coming from view of limited group in the centre but should start from basis of the people below. Palouš' supporters argued that the new leader should come from people who resisted communist regime. When the vote occurred, Klaus decisively won the election when he received 115 votes to 52.Hanley Seán The New Right in the New Europe: Czech Transformation and Right-Wing Politics, 1989–2006 2007 Routledge 9781134295654 86 https://books.google.com/books?id=UdZ-AgAAQBAJ&q=interparliamentary+club+of+democratic+right&pg=PA82 4 December 2017 en Aftermath Klaus' victory was viewed as a surprise.CEVRO - Václav Klaus - předsednictví v datech http://www.cevro.cz/cs/231056-vaclav-klaus-predsednictvi-datech www.cevro.cz 7 July 2020Václav Klaus má velký podíl na současném stavu země https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/vaclav-klaus-premier-prezident-revoluce.A190130_130931_domaci_vov iDNES.cz 7 July 2020 1 January 2019 Klaus started to transform Civic Forum into a political party after his victory. This deepened conflicts with Liberal wing that transformed MOS into Liberal Club of the Civic Forum. Conflicts between both wings led to dissolution of Civic Forum in February 1991. It was split to Civic Democratic Party led by Václav Klaus and Civic Movement led by Jiří Dienstbier. References expanded Category:Political party leadership elections in the Czech Republic Category:1990s elections in Czechoslovakia Category:Indirect political party leadership elections Category:Civic Forum Civic Forum leadership election