| Robert Veverka | |
| Birth Date: | 18 November 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Occupation: | politician, activist, editor, publisher |
| Party: | Independent |
Robert Veverka (born 18 November 1976) is a Czech municipal politician and activist. He is a representative of district Prague 2, a member of the Prague 2 Safety Commission,[1] and a cannabis legalization activist. Since 2010, he has been editor-in-chief of the magazine Legalizace.[2] He has been repeartedly elected to the Prague 2 council as an independent candidate with the support of the Czech Pirate Party.
Veverka was born on 18 November 1976 in Prague. He graduated from grammar school in Prague and afterwards from a business academy in 1995. He ten worked as an independent contractor in IT. He spent time abroad from 1999 to 2007 in the United States, the Netherlands, and Australia.[3]
In 2010, Veverka became chairperson of the voluntary association Legalizace.cz, which focuses on initiatives to end cannabis prohibition and legislate the legalization of cannabis in the Czech Republic. The same year, he also started publishing the bi-monthly magazine Legalizace, of which he is also editor-in-chief. Since 2018, he has also been an associatte editor of the bi-monthly magazine Konopí (English version: Cannabis Therapy[4]) vydávaném od roku 2018, který se zabývá fenoménem konopí pro léčebné účely. Working for Legalizace.cz, he also organizes Prague's Million Marihuana March, which has been taking place annually in May since 2000.
Robert Veverka ran as in independent with an agenda of cannabis legalization under the umbrella of the Czech Pirate Party for parliamentary elections in 2013 and 2017, but was not elected. In the 2018 Czech municipal elections, he was elected to the Prague 2 district town hall. He was also chosen as a member of the Prague 2 Safety Council. He was also accepted to the Trade Centre Praha[5] Board of Trustees. Veverka took part in writing a bill prepared by the Czech Pirate Party to legalize home growing of cannabis for private use, introduced in the Czech Parliament in August 2018.[6]
In June 2020 he announced his candidacy for the autumn senate elections from district no. 27 – Prague 1[7] with the support of the Czech Pirate Party. He won 9.18% of the votes, ending up in third place.[8]