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Antonín Staněk

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Antonín Staněk
Staněk in 2014
Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic
In office
27 June 2018 – 31 July 2019
Succeeded byLubomír Zaorálek
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
In office
21 October 2017 – 21 October 2021
Mayor of Olomouc
In office
10 November 2014 – 15 November 2018
Preceded byMartin Major [cs]
Succeeded byMiroslav Žbánek [cs]
Representative of Olomouc
In office
16 October 2010 – 24 September 2022
Personal details
Born (1966-03-02) 2 March 1966 (age 59)
Olomouc, Czechoslovakia

Antonín Staněk (born 2 March 1966) is a Czech politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. Staněk served as Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic in the Second Cabinet of Andrej Babiš between June 2018 and July 2019. He served as mayor of Olomouc from 2014 to 2018. For ten years between 2001 and 2021, Staněk was a member of the Czech Social Democratic Party.

Early life and education

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Staněk was born on 2 March 1966. In 2001, he joined the Department of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Education of Palacký University.[1] Staněk also graduated as vice-dean for study matters and head of the Department of Social Sciences.[2] In March 2021, after the complaints of students the management of the Faculty of Education of the UP had Staněk's lecture materials submitted and interrupted cooperation with him by mutual agreement.[3]

A municipal politician, his salary was around 200,000 CZK per month.[4] Although Staněk served as Minister of Culture from 2018 until 2019, he was not interested in culture during his parliamentary mandate.[5]

Political career

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Chamber of Deputies

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In the 2006 Czech municipal elections, Staněk ran for Olomouc City Council as a member of ČSSD, but was unsuccessful.[6] He became a city councilor only after the 2010 elections.[7]

In the 2014 Czech municipal elections, he defended his position as a city councilor of Olomouc, leading the ČSSD candidate list.[8] Although the ČSSD finished in second place, it eventually negotiated a coalition with the ODS, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09, and Staněk was elected mayor of the statutory city of Olomouc on 10 November.[9] After the resignation of Jitka Seitlová, Staněk became a city representative again in July 2020.[10]

Staněk tried to enter Olomouc Regional Assembly as a member of the ČSSD twice, but was unsuccessful in both 2008 and 2012.[11][12] In the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, he finished first as a ČSSD candidate in the Olomouc Region, thus became a member of parliament with 1,362 votes.[13]

Minister of Culture

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Staněk was voted for the post of vice-chairman of the ČSSD at the party congresses of 2018 and 2019, but unsuccessful either time.[14] On 18 May 2018, president of ČSSD approved him as a candidate for the post of Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic in a minority government with the ANO movement.[15] On 22 June 2018, prime minister Andrej Babiš sworn him Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic his newly-formed government.[16] On 27 June 2018, president Miloš Zeman appointed Staněk to this government.[17]

Personal life

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Staněk listens to Metallica and Finnish singer Tarja Turunen.[18] He serves as chairman of the Supervisory Board of SK Sigma Olomouc.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Strukturovaný životopis" (PDF). KSV.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Vedoucí katedry". ksv.upol.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ Mikel, Jakub (5 March 2021). "Jedna přednáška a hotovo. Univerzita Palackého pozastavila exministrovi Staňkovi úvazek kvůli zanedbání výuky". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Kumulace funkcí primátora Staňka? Jistě, ale... kdo místo něj?". Hanácký Večerník (in Czech). 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  5. ^ Fischer, Petr (28 June 2018). "Ministr nulového kulturního očekávání" (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2006 | Obec Olomouc – výběr volební strany" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2010 | Obec Olomouc – výběr volební strany" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014 | Obec Olomouc – výběr kandidátní listiny" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  9. ^ Zuntych, Ondřej (10 November 2014). "Olomouc už má nového primátora Staňka. Co vy na to?". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  10. ^ Klimková, Petra; Mikel, Jakub; Petra Klimková, Michal (17 July 2020). "Exministr Staněk se z pozice náhradníka vrací mezi olomoucké zastupitele". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 2008 | Olomoucký kraj – ČSSD" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 2012 | Olomoucký kraj – ČSSD" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2017 | Olomoucký kraj – Strana ČSSD" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  14. ^ Kopecký, Josef (18 February 2018). "Hamáček vede ČSSD, která považuje za zásadní problém obviněného ve vládě". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  15. ^ Sviták, Matěj (16 May 2019). ""Postup je jasný." Hamáček očekává, že prezident rezignaci Staňka přijme". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  16. ^ Sviták, Matěj (22 June 2018). "Přehledně: Profily kandidátů na ministry v nové vládě". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  17. ^ Kopecký, Josef (27 June 2018). "Prezident jmenoval vládu bez Pocheho. Půjde ji osobně podpořit před poslance". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  18. ^ Fischer, Petr (22 October 2018). "Antonín Staněk: Vizi mám, kultura musí mít dost peněz pro svou existenci" (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  19. ^ "Kandidát na primátora Antonín Staněk odpovídal Online". Deník (in Czech). Olomouc: Vltava Labe Media. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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