Czech presidential election, 2018

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President before election

Miloš Zeman
SPOZ

 Elected President

TBD

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Presidential elections will be held in the Czech Republic in 2018, the second time the president has been elected directly. Incumbent president Miloš Zeman is eligible to run for a second term.

Potential candidates

Name Occupation Note
President Zeman (cropped).jpg Miloš Zeman Politician, current Czech President The incumbent Czech president can run for the second term but he has not confirmed that he intends to do so. He indicated in February 2015 that he possibly won't run for re-election but noted that he will decide one year prior the election.[1]
75px Zdeněk Škromach Politician, former government minister (2002-2004) Škromach announced plans to run in February 2015. He plans to gain support for his plans within his party, the ČSSD.[2]
75px Tomáš Halík Intellectual, Roman Catholic priest, scholar When Zdeněk Škromach mentioned possibility of his candidature for the first time, Halík said - "If the country would to be represented by Škromach "in a pool",[note 1] then I would have to run too."[3]
Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg Václav Klaus Politician, economist, former Czech President The former President, Klaus has mentioned that he could possibly run if Halík will be a candidate without strong rival.[4]
75px Jaroslav Kubera ODS Politician, Mayor of Teplice and Senator He said that he will run if there will be only candidates like Škromach.[5]
75px Martin Stropnický Actor, current Minister of Defence Andrej Babiš, the leader of ANO 2011 said that Stropnický could be the candidate of the party in 2018.[6]
75px Jiří Pospíšil MEP and former Justice Minister He mentioned that he considers to run in 2018.[7]
75px Petr Pavel Military officer, current Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army and new Chairman of the NATO Military Committee A Facebook Page Petr Pavel for President was established to convince General Pavel tor run for term. Pavel himself said that he doesn't currently intend to run but hasn't ruled it out as he appreciates and is pleased by the support he has from Citizens.[8]
75px Michal Horáček Entrepreneur, lyricist, poet, writer, journalist and producer He announced that he may run in 2018.[9]
75px Jan Berwid-Buquoy Historian and politologist Announced his intention to run.[10]
75px Jana Yngland Hrušková Actress and political activist Announced her intention to run.[11]
Jiří Vyvadil A Lawyer and Politician who is known as a Chairman of Friends of Russia in the Czech Republic. He publicly announced that he intends to run.[12]

Opinion polls

Sanep Sample size Miloš Zeman Andrej Babiš Karel Schwarzenberg Václav Klaus Tomáš Halík Jiří Dienstbier Bohuslav Sobotka Zuzana Roithová Věra Jourová Zdeněk Škromach Vladimír Franz Karel Janeček Přemysl Sobotka Miroslav Kalousek Jan Fischer
3-10 October 2014 24,607 20.3% 14.1% 12.8% 9.1% 8.5% 8.2% 6.9% 4.4% 3.8% 3.4% 2.9% 2.9% 1.3% 1.2% 0.2%
Sanep Sample size Miloš Zeman Václav Klaus Petr Pavel Tomáš Halík Zdeněk Škromach None Someone else Not know
24 August 2015 12,719 37.6% 11.3% 10.8% 7.5% 0.8 11.3% 15.8% 4.9%
iDnes Sample size Miloš Zeman Petr Pavel Tomáš Halík Jan Švejnar Václav Klaus Jiří Pospíšil Jaroslav Kubera Pavel Rychetský Martin Stropnický Jiří Dienstbier Vladimír Dlouhý Jana Bobošíková Zděněk Škromach None
14 November 2015 110,000 22.6% 14.4% 9.5% 7.9% 6.5 6.3% 5.2% 4.7% 4.1% 3.2% 3.2% 0.5% 0.2% 11.7%

Notes

  1. ↑ Škromach is known for speeches he makes in his garden pool and then posts on the Internet [1]

References

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