2010 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election
Election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic was held on 24 June 2010. Miroslava Němcová clashed with Lubomír Zaorálek. Němcová defeated Zaorálek and was elected the new President.[1]
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Background
editPresident election was held after legislative election that concluded with victory of centre-right parties. Civic Democratic Party decided to nominate Miroslava Němcová while Czech Social Democratic Party nominated Lubomír Zaorálek.[2] TOP 09 and Public Affairs agreed to support Němcová for the position.[3]
Voting
editVoting took place on 24 June 2010. Němcová received 118 votes while Zaorálek 79. Němcová became the first female President of the Chamber.[4][5] Němcová stated that she wants to keep two goals of the governing coalition - to cut spending and to do politics as a public service.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Předsedkyní sněmovny byla podle očekávání zvolena Němcová". Tiscali.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Klub ODS nominoval do čela sněmovny Němcovou". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Sněmovnu ovládnou ženy v čele s Němcovou, Klasnovou a Parkanovou". Lidovky.cz. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Němcová vede Sněmovnu. Fischer teď dá demisi a Nečas může být premiér". iDNES.cz. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Němcová je první ženou v čele sněmovny. Prvním předsedou byl Milan Uhde". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Sněmovně vládne Němcová, dostala všech 118 koaličních hlasů". Deník.cz (in Czech). 24 June 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2017.