September 1990 Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election
A leadership election for the Czechoslovak People's Party (ČSL) was held during extraordinary congress of the party on 29 September 1990. Josef Lux was elected the new leader.
Candidates[edit]
There were 8 candidates.[1]
- Josef Bartončík, the incumbent leader.
- Antonín Baudyš
- Jaroslav Cuhra
- Jiří Karas
- Josef Lux believed that ČSL should be a right wing Christina democratic party.
- Jan Marek, believed that ČSL should remain in opposition.[2]
- Augustin Navrátil
- Richard Sacher
Voting[edit]
Josef Bartončík and Antonín Baudyš were considered the strongest candidates. Three candidates advanced to the second round - Bartončík, Baudyš and Lux. Baudyš decided to withdraw from the election and supported Lux. Lux then defeated Bartončík and became the new leader.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Jan, Bureš; Jakub, Charvát; Petr, Just; Martin, Štefek (2013). Česká demokracie po roce 1989: Institucionální základy českého politického systému (in Czech). Grada Publishing a.s. ISBN 9788024782706. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ Suchý, Petr. "Proces transformace KDU-ČSL ve stranu moderního typu". journals.muni.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ Schrötter, Pavel (2010). Kooperace a konkurence mezi českými křesťansko-demokratickými stranami po roce 1989 (PDF). Prague: Charles University. pp. 59–62. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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