Petr Fiala (senator)
Czech senator
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Petr Fiala (born 24 November 1968) is a Czech politician and senator who has served for district no. 46 – Ústí nad Orlicí – since 2022. He previously served as a representative of the Pardubice region from 2008 until 2012 until his return in 2016.
Petr Fiala | |
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| Senator for district no. 46 – Ústí nad Orlicí | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Petr Šilar |
| Chairman of SproK/MY | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
| Representative of the Pardubice Region | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2016 | |
| Mayor of Letohrad | |
| Assumed office 7 November 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimír Tomek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1968 Ústí nad Orlicí, Czechoslovakia |
| Party | MY |
Early life
Fiala worked as a conductor of passenger and international trains, train conductor of international Letohrad express trains, later economist at the railway station in Letohrad.[1] Fiala served as vice-chairman of the Czech-Moravian Hockeyball Association between 1998 and 2000, after which he became held the position of its chairman until 2010.[2]
Political career
In the 2002 Czech municipal elections, Fiala failed to run as an independent candidate for the Association for Letohradsko for Letohrad City Council.[3] He only succeeded in the 2006 elections, becoming an independent candidate and leader of Association for Letohrad group.[4] Fiala became mayor of Ústi nad Orlicí in November 2006.[5] He also defended the mandate of city representative and mayor in 2010,[6] 2014,[7] and 2018 municipal elections.[8]
In the 2008 Czech regional elections, Fiala was also elected as a representative of the Pardubice region for the first time, when he ran as an independent on the ČSSD candidate list – serving as vice-chairman of the Finance Committee.[9] Fiala was elected as a non-party member of the ČSSD in the 2016 Czech regional elections.[10] During the 2016–2020 election period, he served as chairman of the committee for transport and transport services of the Pardubice region.[11]
In August 2019, Fiala co-founded the Společně pro kraj (SproK; named MY since 2025) movement and became its chairman.[citation needed] In the 2020 Czech regional elections, he defended his mandate as a representative of the Pardubice region.[12] During this period, Fiala served as chairman of the committee for transport and transport services of the Pardubice region.[13] He also served as chairman of the Orlicko Association of Municipalities.[14]