2015 Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election explained

Country:	Czech Republic
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Election Date:	4 August 2015
Next Election:	2018 Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election
Next Year:	2018
Candidate1:	Tomio Okamura
Colour1:	1074BC
leader of SPD
After Election:	Tomio Okamura

The Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election of 2015 was held on 4 August 2015. Tomio Okamura was elected the first leader of the party.^[1]

Background

Tomio Okamura was the leader of Dawn of Direct Democracy but had to leave the party in early 2015 due to conflicts. Okamura then decided to form new party called Freedom and Direct Democracy. Leadership election was scheduled for August 2015.^[2]

Voting

Voting took place on 4 August 2015. Okamura was the only candidate. He was reportedly elected the new leader but no reports of vote count were made public.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Okamura zase vládne. Zvolili ho předsedou jeho nového hnutí. Tiscali.cz. 9 December 2017. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20171209204157/https://zpravy.tiscali.cz/okamura-zase-vladne-zvolili-ho-predsedou-jeho-noveho-hnuti-254372. 9 December 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Okamura se stal předsedou hnutí Svoboda a přímá demokracie. Deník.cz. 9 December 2017. cs. 4 August 2015.
3. Web site: Strana přímé demokracie (SPD) dnes zvolila předsedu a jeho zástupce. Parlamentní Listy. 9 December 2017.
4. Web site: Okamurovo hnutí má za sebou první volební konferenci. Vedení je jasné. Parlamentní Listy. 9 December 2017.