| Jiří Zimola | |
| Office: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start: | 26 October 2013 |
| Term End: | 31 March 2014 |
| Office1: | Governor of South Bohemian region |
| Term Start1: | 29 November 2008 |
| Term End1: | 27 April 2017 |
| Predecessor1: | Jan Zahradník |
| Successor1: | Ivana Stráská |
| Office2: | Mayor of Nová Bystřice |
| Term Start2: | 1998 |
| Term End2: | 2008 |
| Predecessor2: | Bohumil Chlanda |
| Successor2: | Vladimír Bláha |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Třebíč, Czechoslovakia |
| Party: | ČSSD (2000–2020)[1] Change 2020[2] |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | University of South Bohemia |
| Website: | http://www.jirizimola.cz/ |
Jiří Zimola (born 28 March 1971) is a Czech Social Democrat politician, who served as Governor of the South Bohemian Region from 2008 until his resignation in 2017. Zimola left the Social Democratic Party in 2020 and became leader of a new party called Change 2020.[3]
He studied at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, working as a teacher after he finished his studies.[4]
Zimola entered politics in 1998 and became Mayor of Nová Bystřice. He became a member of the Czech Social Democratic Party in 2000. In 2008, Zimola became Governor of the South Bohemian region and gave up his position as Mayor.[4] He was forced to resign in 2017 due to a controversy related to his cottage at Lipno nad Vltavou.[5] [6]
He founded a political platform called Let's save ČSSD after the 2017 legislative election.[7]