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Jan Čižinský
Mayor of Prague 7
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 November 2014
Preceded byMarek Ječmének
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
21 October 2017 – 21 October 2021
Member of the Prague City Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 October 2014
Member of the Prague 7 Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 October 2014
Leader of Prague Together
In office
2017 – 13 March 2024
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAdam Scheinherr [cs]
Personal details
Born (1978-04-22) 22 April 1978 (age 46)
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political partyKDU-ČSL (2003–2018)
Alma materCharles University
Occupation
  • politician
  • teacher

Jan Čižinský (born 22 April 1978) is a Czech teacher and politician who has been serving as the mayor of Prague 7 since November 2014 and Member of the Prague City Assembly since October 2014.[1] Čižinský is a former leader of Prague Together association and former member of KDU-ČSL.

Early life and education

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Čižinský taught Latin, history, and the basics of social sciences at Malostranský Gymnasium.[2] He was also active in the scout movement of Břevnov Monastery.[3]

Political career

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Early political career

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Prior to joining KDU-ČSL in 2003, Čižinský ran for the party as a non-party candidate and worked as an assistant to Cyril Svoboda and Marian Jurečka.[2]

Čižinský ran as a non-party candidate for KDU-ČSL in the Prague 1 municipal council in the 1998[4] and 2002 Czech municipal elections,[5] as well as the 2006 municipal elections as lead candidate of KDU-ČSL.[6] Despite the high number of preferential votes that were cast for him, he was not elected as a KDU-ČSL candidate in the capital city of Prague, mainly during 2006,[7] 2010,[8] and 2013 parliamentary elections.[9]

2010s

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After failing to be elected candidate in the municipal elections between 1998 and 2006, Čižinský moved to the Prague 7 district as KDU-ČSL candidate in the 2010 Czech municipal elections.[10]

In 2013, Čižinský came to the attention of the residents of Prague 7 as the organizer of a referendum on the plan to build a new town hall building for this part of the city for around one billion CZK. Thanks to his extraordinary contribution, he received the White Lily[11] For the same act, he received the "Chairman's Award" at KDU-ČSL convention in 2013 KDU-ČSL for civic bravery".[12]

Čižinský became a representative of the city district after 2014 municipal elections as leading candidate of the entity Praha 7 himself (e.g. KDU-ČSL and non-partisans).[13] The election movement won with 43.69% of the vote[14] and he was elected mayor of Prague 7 on 20 November 2014.[15] Čižinský was also elected as a member of KDU-ČSL to Prague City Council.[16]

In the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, Čižinský won 6,746 preferential votes and jumped from second place to the leader of the candidate Daniel Herman, thus being elected member of parliament.[17] At a press conference in front of Prague City Hall on 12 December, Čižinský announced the start of collecting 100,000 signatures of Prague voters to run for the City Council.[18] On 31 July 2018, he submitted the candidate of Prague to himself as its leader, supported by a petition with 97,095 signatures of Prague citizens, and started the election campaign.[19] Čižinský also lost his KDU-ČSL membership that was previously suspended.[20]

In the 2018 municipal elections, Čižinský received 80,552 preferential votes, the most number of all the candidates.[21]

2020s

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In the 2022 municipal elections, Čižinský was the leader of Prague Self group and therefore also a candidate for the position as mayor of Prague.[22] Although he defended the mandate,[23] the candidate led by him finished fourth with a gain of 14.73%, thus reduced its representation.[24] Čižinský also defended his mandate as a representative of the Prague 7 district.[25]

Personal life

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Čižinský's older brother, Pavel, served as mayor of Prague 1 between 2018 and 2020.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "MČ Praha 7: Zastupitelstvo MČ Praha 7 zvolilo novou radu". Prague 7 (in Czech). 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Čápová, Hana (8 October 2016). "Tajemství dobré adresy". Respekt.cz (in Czech).
  3. ^ "Z historie táborů Jelenů". jeleni.org (in Czech). 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 1998" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2002" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2006 | Obec Praha 1" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2006 | Strana KDU-ČSL" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2010 | Strana KDU-ČSL" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2013 | Strana KDU-ČSL" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2010 | Obec Praha 7" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Praha 7 je první radnicí v Praze, která má koalici". České Noviny (in Czech). 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Cenu Předsedy Kdu-čsl Za Občanskou Statečnost Získali Letos Tři Lidovci: Bohumil Svoboda, Pavel Pecháček a Jan Čižinský". KDU-ČSL (in Czech). 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014 | Kandidátní listina Praha 7 Sobe" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014 | Obec Praha 7" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Zastupitelstvo MČ Praha 7 zvolilo novou radu". Praha7.cz (in Czech). 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014 | Kandidátní listina Trojkoalice SZ, KDU-ČSL, STAN" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2017 | Strana KDU-ČSL" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Starosta Prahy 7 Čižinský sbírá podpisy pro hnutí Praha sobě do voleb na magistrát". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. 12 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Čižinského sdružení Praha Sobě získalo 97 tisíc podpisů, spoléhá na dobrovolníky". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). Economia. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  20. ^ Honzejk, Petr (2 August 2018). "Volby vyhrajeme, za nás mosty padat nebudou, říká lídr občanské iniciativy Praha sobě Čižinský". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Economia. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2018 | Obec Praha" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  22. ^ Skoumalová, Tatiana; Divišová, Bára (4 May 2022). "V restauraci a zadarmo. Čižinský v pražských volbách bude řešit záchody". TV Nova Czech Republic (in Czech). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  23. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí konané 2022 | Kandidátní listina Praha sobě" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí | Obec Praha" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí | Obec Praha 7" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Starostou Prahy 1 se stal Pavel Čižinský". Euro Zprávy (in Czech). 19 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019.
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