Ondřej Dostál should not be confused with Ondrej Dostál.
| Ondřej Dostál | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MEP |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Termstart: | 16 July 2024 |
| Constituency: | Czech Republic |
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Chomutov, Czechoslovakia |
| Party: | Independent |
| Otherparty: | United Democrats – Association of Independents Stačilo! Czech Pirate Party (2021–2022) |
| Alma Mater: | Charles University |
Ondřej Dostál (born 25 January 1979) is a Czech lawyer and politician who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1] He is an independent politician aligned with SD-SN and the Stačilo! coalition.[2]
Dostál was born in Chomutov, and later moved to Rokycany and Mirošov.[3] He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, before studying in Austria and the United States.[1] A lawyer specializing in health insurance law, Dostál received the Lawyer of the Year award in 2006 and has been teaching at Charles University since 2003.[1] In 2008, he was the defense lawyer of in its .[4]
Dostál was a member of the Czech Pirate Party between 2021 and 2022.[1] He was part of the Pirates and Mayors government team until resigning in December 2021, stating that their values had shifted away from his own.[5] Dostál considers himself a classical liberal in advocating for less government control.[6] In spring 2023, he spoke at anti-government demonstrations organized by Jindřich Rajchl.[7]