2024 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
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13 April 2024
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The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) held a leadership election on 13 April 2024. Petr Fiala was re-elected for sixth term which will expire in 2024. Fiala will become longest serving leader of ODS in 2025.[1]
Petr Fiala has been the leader of the party since 2014. Party formed an electoral alliance with KDU-ČSL and TOP 09,[2] under the name Spolu.[3] Spolu received 27.8% of votes in the 2021 Czech parliamentary election and finished first. As a result, Fiala became Prime Minister of the Czech Republic,[4] and subsequently confirmed his candidacy.[5] Fiala was then confirmed as a leader of the party in 2022 leadership election.
Election was set to be held in Ostrava on 13 April 2024.[6] Fiala is the sole candidate who received nominations from all regional organisations.[7] If Fiala gets reelected he can become longest serving leader of the party.[8]