Jakub Michálek Explained

Jakub Michálek
Office1:Vice-Chairman of Czech Pirate Party
Term Start1:22 October 2017
Office2:Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
Term Start2:21 October 2017
Office3:3rd Vice President of the Pirates
Term Start3:10 September 2016
Term End3:11 January 2020
Office4:Representative of Prague
Term Start4:11 October 2014
Term End4:5 December 2017
Successor4:Adam Šoukal
Office5:Vice-chairman of Czech Pirate Party
Term Start5:25 August 2012
Term End5:4 December 2013
Predecessor5:Adam Šoukal
Birth Date:6 February 1989
Birth Place:Louny, Czechoslovakia
Party:Czech Pirate Party
Alma Mater:Faculty of Law, Charles University

Jakub Michálek (born 6 February 1989) is a Czech politician who served as member of Czech Pirate Party.

Political career

Michálek led the PirateLeaks project to launch the official website of Czech Pirate Party for the 2012 Czech regional elections. He deals with legal issue in a dispute between him and the Ministry of Finance.[1] Michálek was also the co-author of the request to cancel Article 2 of the so-called Klaus amnesty,[2] which was submitted by a group of 30 senators of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

In the 2014 municipal elections, Michálek was the leader of Pirate Party candidate for Prague City Council, thus became a candidate for the office of mayor of the capital city[3] and was elected as a representative.[4] He also applied for candidacy for the municipal council of the Prague 8 district but was not elected.[5]

Michálek led Pirate Party in Prague during the 2017 Czech parliamentary election,[6] receiving 11,641 preferential votes and was elected as a Member of Parliament.[7] He also became the chairman of the pirate parliamentary club on 22 October.[8] In December 2017, Michálek resigned from the position of Prague representative due to the cumulation of the functions of city representative and deputy.[9] In January 2018, Michálek defended the position of vice-chairman of the Pirates at the party's national forum in Brno.[10]

In October 2019, head of Pirate Party's personnel department, Jana Koláříková, requested Michálek's dismissal from the position of vice-chairman of the party due to his allegedly inappropriate behavior towards party members.[11] Michálek himself refused to resign as he claimed to only have high demands on the performance of people.[12] 294 of 770 party members who opposed for Michálek's dismissal resulted him remaining as vice-chairman,[13] the newly-elected MEP Mikuláš Peksa resigned as vice-chairman in protest.[14] Michálek held the position of vice-chairman of the party until January 2020 when a national forum took place in Ostrava, where he no longer ran for the position of vice-chairman of the party.[15]

Personal life

Michálek is in relationship with Michaela Krausová, former president of the Pirate Party Club in the City Council of Prague.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rozsudek. Nejvyšší správní soud. 18 July 2011. 30 June 2016. cs.
  2. Web site: Návrh na zrušení aboličního článku amnestie vzešel od senátora nominovaného Piráty a místopředseda Pirátů se podílel na přípravě. dead. Czech Pirate Party. 16 January 2013. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20130616220754/http://www.pirati.cz/tiskove-zpravy/navrh_na_zruseni_abolicniho_clanku_amnestie_vzesel_od_senatora_nominovaneho_piraty_a_mistopredseda_piratu_se_podilel_na_priprave. 16 June 2013.
  3. News: Vratislav. Dostál. Pražským lídrem Pirátů bude Jakub Michálek, bývalý místopředseda strany. Deník Referendum. 2 July 2014. 3 July 2014. cs.
  4. Web site: Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014 Obec Praha h.l.m. Czech Statistical Office. 14 October 2014. cs.
  5. Web site: Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014 Obec Praha 8. Czech Statistical Office. 14 October 2014. cs.
  6. Web site: Piráti představili lídry krajských kandidátek pro parlamentní volby 2017. Parlamentní Listy. 21 March 2017. 30 June 2017. cs.
  7. Web site: Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2017. Czech Statistical Office. 22 October 2017. cs.
  8. News: Kateřina. Kovácsová. Jan. Vaca. Piráty ve Sněmovně povede Michálek, s ANO odmítají handlovat. Mladá fronta Dnes. Mafra. 22 October 2017. cs.
  9. News: Pirát Michálek už není pražským zastupitelem, nahradil ho Mahrik. Novinky.cz. Borgis. 14 December 2017. 18 December 2017. cs.
  10. News: Celostátní fórum Pirátů potvrdilo v čele strany Bartoše. dead. České Noviny. 6 January 2018. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062409/https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/celostatni-forum-piratu-potvrdilo-v-cele-strany-bartose/1569729. 8 January 2018.
  11. News: Piráti oficiálně zahájili jednání o odvolání Michálka. dead. České Noviny. 24 October 2019. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20191028170302/https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/pirati-oficialne-zahajili-jednani-o-odvolani-michalka/1812927. 28 October 2019.
  12. News: Renáta. Bohuslavová. Nikoho jsem nešikanoval, brečel jen jeden člověk, říká Michálek. Novinky.cz. 23 October 2019. 24 October 2019. cs.
  13. News: Vendula. Bartoňková. Michálek nadále zůstane místopředsedou Pirátů, hlasování členů zůstalo bez usnesení. Czech Radio. 4 November 2019. 5 November 2019. cs.
  14. News: Petr. Jadrný. Peksova reakce na neodvolání Michálka: S okamžitou platností se vzdávám funkce místopředsedy Pirátů. Czech Radio. 5 November 2019. cs.
  15. News: Předsedou Pirátů opět Bartoš, místopředsedkyní Richterová. dead. České Noviny. 10 January 2020. 11 January 2020. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112012059/https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/predsedou-piratu-opet-bartos-mistopredsedkyni-richterova/1839955. 12 January 2020.
  16. News: Josef. Kopecký. Jan. Hammer. Petr. Matulík. Část Pirátů chce sesadit Michálka. Nerezignuje. Jsem tvrdý, přiznal. Mladá fronta Dnes. Mafra. 23 October 2019. 24 October 2019. cs.

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