- Source: November 2024 Czech Pirate Party leadership election
The Czech Pirate Party held a leadership election on 9 November 2024. Previous leader Ivan Bartoš resigned in September 2024, along with the rest of the party leadership, following poor results in the regional elections.
Background
The Czech Pirate Party has been led by Ivan Bartoš since 2016. Under his leadership, they became the third largest party in the Czech Republic at the 2017 legislative election, with 22 seats. Bartoš also led the party during the 2021 election, which the party contested as part of the Pirates and Mayors electoral alliance. Due to preferential voting, the Pirates received only four seats of the 37 seats won by the alliance. After the election, a part of the membership called for Bartoš' resignation. The party joined the new government following the election, and later suffered heavy losses in the 2024 European Parliament and regional elections. Bartoš then resigned as leader and announced he would not run in the subsequent leadership election. Political scientists including Lukáš Valeš, Petr Fischer, and Thomas Kulidakis mentioned Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský, MEP Markéta Gregorová and Jana Michailidu as potential candidates. Fischer also mentioned outgoing Plzeň regional governor Rudolf Špoták as someone who was showing an interest in running.
On 23 September 2024, Lipavský stated that he would not be running due to his duties as foreign minister, as well as not feeling like someone who could unite the party. Gregorová also declined to run, stating that it would not be fair to voters who elected her to the European Parliament. Špoták expressed interest in running but said he did not feel that he had support within the party. Josef Soumar, candidate for South Bohemian governor, mentioned Hana Hajnová as a potential candidate. Hajnová said she was willing to participate in the leadership of the party, but her candidacy depended on who would run for leader. On 23 September 2024, Mikuláš Peksa and Jana Holomčík Leitnerová said they were considering running. Seznam Zprávy reported on 25 September 2024 that former Senator Lukáš Wagenknecht and MP Olga Richterová had strong support within the party. Neither of them ruled out standing at the time. On 2 October 2024, Wagenknecht announced his candidacy. On 8 October 2024, MPs Olga Richterová, Jakub Michálek and Klára Kocmanová confirmed to MF DNES that they would not be running. On 10 October 2024, Zdeněk Hřib announced his candidacy. On 15 October, David Witosz declared his candidacy. On 23 October 2024, former deputy mayor of Prague 3 Štěpán Štrébl announced his candidacy.
Candidates
Zdeněk Hřib, former Mayor of Prague.
Zbyněk Miklík, vice governor of Liberec Region. (endorsed Wagenknecht in the 2nd round)
Lukáš Wagenknecht, former Senator.
Štěpán Štrébl, former deputy mayor of Prague 3. (endorsed Hřib in the 2nd round)
= Potential candidates
=Hana Hajnová, leader of Vysočina Region branch.
Mikuláš Peksa, former MEP considering running.
Rudolf Špoták, outgoing Governor of Plzeň Region.
Declined
Ivan Bartoš, incumbent leader and Minister of Regional Development, who is not seeking re-election.
Markéta Gregorová, MEP, declined to run.
Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs, declined to run and left the party on 1 October.
Jana Holomčík Leitnerová, deputy leader, considered running before choosing not to.
Olga Richterová, MP, considered running before choosing not to.
Jakub Michálek, MP.
Klára Kocmanová, MP.
Adéla Šípová, Senator. (endorsed Wagenknecht)
David Witosz, deputy mayor of Moravská Ostrava (endorsed Wagenknecht)
Voting
In the first round, where each delegate could vote for as many candidates as they wanted, Hřib won a plurality with 511 votes followed by Wagenknecht with 494 votes. These two candidates advanced from the first round of voting. In the second round, Hřib received 454 votes and Wagenknecht 401 votes, with Hřib elected as the new leader.
Reactions
The party's expert on addiction issues, Jana Michailidu, left the party following the election due to political differences with the new leadership. Former MEP Marcel Kolaja, Zbyněk Miklík, and former leader of the Young Pirates Georgia Hejduková also left the party.
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