Tomáš Goláň Explained

Tomáš Goláň
Office:Senator from Zlín
Term Start:26 May 2018
Predecessor:František Čuba
Birth Date:1 February 1968
Birth Place:Vsetín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Alma Mater:Mendel University
Party:ODS (since 2020)[1]
Independent for Senátor 21 (2018–2020)
Website:http://www.tomasgolan.cz

Tomáš Goláň (born 1 December 1968 in Vsetín) is a Czech tax adviser. He was elected member of Senate during 2018 by-election for Zlín seat and reelected during 2020 Czech Senate election.

Biography

He studied at the Faculty of Business and Economics of Mendel University. He worked as an economist at Zlín until 1993 when he became tax advisor.[2] [3]

He became widely known for his fight against Preliminary injunctions by Financial administration. He received award from Deník Referendum which chose him the Second Person of 2017.[4]

Political career

On 22 March 2018, he announced his candidacy in a by-election for Zlín seat in 2018.[5] Goláň was nominated by Senátor 21. Goláň was initially viewed as an Underdog in the election but managed to advance to runoff where he faced Michaela Blahová. He defeated Blahová when he received over 53% of votes and became new senator.[6] He then joined newly formed Senate group of Senátor 21.[7] Shortly after Goláň's reelection in 2020 he joined Civic Democratic Party and its Senate group (ODS+TOP09 Senate group).[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vstup do ODS.
  2. Web site: Váš senátor Tomáš Goláň . www.tomasgolan.cz . 22 June 2018 . cs-CZ.
  3. Web site: Čubu v Senátu nahradí Goláň. Daňový poradce na Zlínsku porazil adeptku lidovců . Blesk.cz . 26 May 2018 . 22 June 2018.
  4. Web site: Tomáš Goláň kandiduje do Senátu. Jako první podrobně popsal zneužívání zajišťovacích příkazů Babišem . denikreferendum.cz . 22 March 2018 . 22 June 2018 . cs.
  5. Web site: Daňový expert Goláň bojuje proti zajišťovacím příkazům, teď kandiduje do Senátu . Echo24.cz . 22 June 2018 . cs-CZ . 22 March 2018.
  6. Web site: Pavel Stojar: Senátní volby 2018 na Zlínsku: jak vyhrál Tomáš Goláň . denikreferendum.cz . 30 May 2018 . 22 June 2018 . cs.
  7. Web site: televize . Česká . Obměna na Zlínsku pomohla bezprizorným senátorům. Založili nový klub, předsedou je Láska . ČT24 . 22 June 2018 . cs.
  8. Web site: Vstup do ODS.