Christian Democrats elect new leadership

The Christian Democrats elected new party leadership at a conference in Vsetín, northern Moravia, which concluded on Sunday. Former party leader and long-time minister in several cabinets Cyril Svoboda became the party’s chairman while one of the party’s MPs, Michaela Šojdrová, was elected the deputy chairwoman. The former head of the Christian Democrats, Jiří Čunek, who ran for re-election, did not make into the second round of voting but was elected into the party’s broader, 15-member leadership.

The new party leadership will seek to restore unity among Christian Democrats ahead of October’s early general election. Former finance minister and a prominent member of the party Miroslav Kalousek announced he was leaving the Christian Democrats to form a new party.

Author: Jan Richter