Martin Netolický

Martin Netolický
Governor of Pardubice Region
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 November 2012
Preceded byRadko Martínek [cs]
Personal details
Born (1982-09-22) 22 September 1982 (age 41)
Ústí nad Orlicí, Czechoslovakia
Political partyČSSD
Alma materMasaryk University

Martin Netolický (born 22 September 1982)[1] is a Czech politician who has served as governor of Pardubice Region since 2012. He has been a member of Regional Assembly of Pardubice Region since 2008 and Member of City Assembly of Česká Třebová since 2006. specialized mainly in the area of budget law and financing of territorial self-governing units.

Early life and education

Netolický graduated from Masaryk University, specialising in the area of budget law and financing of territorial self-governing units.[1]

Political career

Netolický was first elected to the council of Česká Třebová in 2006.[2] He successfully ran for the Pardubice Regional Council in 2008.[3]

In the 2012 Czech regional elections, Netolický was a ČSSD candidate for the Pardubice region, receiving a total of 21.31% votes and 12 mandates.[4] He was elected by a large majority of 40 out of 44 deputies, thus gaining the support of the majority of the opposition as well.[5]

In the 2014 Czech municipal elections, Netolický defended the post of representative of the city of Česká Třebová for the ČSSD, where he succeeded thanks to preferential votes. When Netolický moved from ninth to first place, the party won six mandates in the city.[6]

In the 2016 Czech regional elections, Netolický was the leader of the ČSSD in the Pardubice region,[7] defending the mandate of the regional representative.[8] On 21 October 2016, he was elected as the governor of the Pardubice Region again, having won votes of 33 of the 44 representatives present).[9]

On 7 April 2018, Netolický was elected deputy chairman of the party at the ČSSD convention in Hradec Králové.[10] In the 2018 Czech municipal elections, he succeeded as a member of the ČSSD thanks to preferential votes, moving from sixth to first place.[11] Netolický held the position of vice-chairman of the party until the ČSSD congress in March 2019.[12]

In the 2020 Czech regional elections, Netolický was the leader of the entity "3PK – For a prosperous Pardubice region".[13] He eventually defended the mandate of the regional representative.[14] On 26 October 2020, Netolický was elected as the governor of the Pardubice Region for the third time, winning 27 out of 45 votes.[15]

During the 2021 Czech parliamentary election, Netolický was originally supposed to run for the ČSSD in the Pardubice region, but resigned from his position on the candidate list. For the post of party chairman, he publicly supported his unsuccessful opponent and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Tomáš Petříček.[16]

In May 2021, the chairman of the ČSSD, Jan Hamáček, dismissed Netolický from his position as a member of the supervisory board of the Czech Post.[17] This happened only the day after Netolický confirmed that he had met Hamáček in April and discussed his canceled trip to Moscow due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

In the 2022 Czech municipal elections, Netolický ran for the council of Česká and finished first place, thus defending the mandate of the representative.[19]

At the 45th ČSSD party congress in June 2023, Netolický also defended the position as candidate of the ČSSD with 131 votes.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "Osobní stránka JUDr. Martin Netolický, Ph.D." Masaryk University (in Czech).
  2. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 20.10. - 21.10.2006" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 21 October 2006.
  3. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 17.10. – 18.10.2008" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 12.10. – 13.10.2012" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  5. ^ Navrátilová, Daniela (2 November 2012). "Je mu 30 let, zvolili ho hejtmanem. Pro Netolického hlasovali i opoziční politici". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech).
  6. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 10.10. - 11.10.2014" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Netolický chce za rok obhájit pozici hejtmana Pardubického kraje". České Noviny (in Czech). 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 7.10. – 8.10.2016" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Zastupitelé zvolili hejtmanem Pardubického kraje opět Netolického". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. 21 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Sjezd ČSSD posvětil konec jednání o vládě s hnutím ANO". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 7 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  12. ^ "ČSSD zvolila své místopředsedy. Nejvíce hlasů v prvním kole získal Šmarda". Deník (in Czech). Prague: Vltava Labe Media. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  13. ^ Stránský, Jan (25 May 2020). "Ve stínu koronaviru začíná zápas o hejtmanství. Bude kratší a na síti". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 2.10. – 3.10.2020" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Hejtmanem Pardubického kraje se opět stal Netolický. Chce bránit snahám o státní centralizaci". ČT24 (in Czech). Prague: Czech Television. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  16. ^ Rambousková, Michaela (13 April 2021). "Exodus po sjezdu ČSSD: Netolický nebude kandidovat, další opouštějí stranu". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  17. ^ Jeřábková, Dominika (7 May 2021). "Hamáček odvolal hejtmana Netolického z dozorčí rady České pošty". Novinky.cz (in Czech).
  18. ^ Menšík, Jan (6 May 2021). "Netolický: Moje schůzka není v tom příběhu vůbec podstatná. O Vrběticích jsme nemluvili". Novinky.cz (in Czech).
  19. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí konané 23.09. – 24.09.2022" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  20. ^ "ČSSD se přejmenuje na Sociální demokracii, rozhodl sjezd. Jejím šéfem zůstává Šmarda". ČT24 (in Czech). Prague: Czech Television. 10 June 2023.

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