Jan Grolich (born 11 June 1984) is a Czech politician, lawyer and former stand-up comedian. He has served as representative of the municipality of Velatice and chairman of South Moravian Region, respectively since 2010 and 2020.
Jan Grolich | |
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.jpg) Grolich in 2022 | |
| Governor of the South Moravian Region | |
| Assumed office 11 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Bohumil Šimek |
| Representative of the South Moravian Region | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1984 Brno, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | KDU-ČSL |
| Alma mater | Masaryk University |
Early life
editGrolich was born in Brno on 11 June 1984.[1] He completed his law practice in Brno, passing the bar exams already during his mayoralty.[2] Grolich also used to be a stand-up comedian.[3]
Political career
edit2010s
editIn the 2010 Czech municipal elections, Grolich was elected as local candidate, representing the municipality of Velatice for KDU-ČSL.[4] He later became mayor,[5] having defended the mandate of representative in the 2014[6] and 2018 municipal elections.[7] In the 2022 municipal elections, Grolich ran for council in Velatice from the second-place candidate and eventually defended the mandate of village representative.[8]
In the 2016 Czech regional elections, Grolich was elected as a representative of the South Moravian Region for the KDU-ČSL.[9] In the 2020 regional elections, he was leader of the KDU-ČSL in the South Moravian Region and defended the mandate of the regional representative.[10]
In the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, Grolich ran in the last place of the KDU-ČSL candidate in the South Moravian Region, but was unsuccessful.[11]
2020s
editIn the 2020 Czech regional elections, Grolich was the leader of the KDU-ČSL candidate in the South Moravian Region. He was the third most circled politician in the country, ahead of him only Martin Kupka (ODS) and Vít Rakušan (STAN). After the elections, within the post-election coalition of KDU-ČSL, Czech Pirate Party and ODS for South Moravia, Grolich became the governor of the South Moravian Region on 11 November 2020[12] and subsequently resigned from the post of mayor of Velatice.[13] In February 2024, he became the leader of the candidate list of the Spolu coalition for the regional elections in 2024 in the South Moravian Region.[14]
Personal life
editGrolich lives in Velatice and claims to be a Moravian.[15] Since 2010, he has been married to Magdalena Grolichová.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Mgr. Jan Grolich hejtman Jihomoravského kraje". kr-jihomoravsky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Kdo Jsem". Sem Cool (in Czech). Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.
- ^ Hofmanová, Adéla (16 October 2020). "Prvním cool hejtmanem v Česku se stane stand-up komik Jan Grolich. Potřebuje se občas vyblbnout a má nejlepší první dámu". TV Guru (in Czech). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2010" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Potvrzeno, lidovce do krajských voleb povede starosta Velatic Jan Grolich". Brňan.cz (in Czech). 14 October 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2018" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí konané 2022" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 2016" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Paní Sosnarovou bych už na ocenění nenavrhl a na přednášku bych ji nepozval, tvrdí starosta Jan Grolich". Lidové noviny (in Czech). Mafra. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2017 | promítnuto usnesení NSS" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Škarda, Petr; Brandová, Zuzana; Osouch, Marek; Ševčík, Jiří; Horáková, Veronika; Krutil, Robin (3 October 2020). "Rychlá dohoda. Hejtmanem jižní Moravy bude lidovec Grolich, ANO v opozici". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Hrabal, Michal (13 November 2020). "Hejtmanem naplno. Grolich končí po deseti letech v čele Velatic". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Grolich bude na jižní Moravě lídrem za SPOLU. Chce vyhrát". TOP 09 (in Czech). 27 February 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Turek, Petr (25 March 2021). "Moravská národnost ve sčítání lidu? Srdeční záležitost, říká fotbalista Švancara". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Bartošovská, Gabriela (5 December 2022). "Dělat rozhovor s hejtmanem na téma influencer marketingu? To jako vážně? Vážně!". Shean.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 December 2022.