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Hynek Blaško

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Hynek Blaško
Hynek Blaško during the funeral ceremony for Václav Havel, 2011
Member of the European Parliament
for Czech Republic
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1955-07-15) 15 July 1955 (age 68)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Political partyCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia (1981–1989)
Freedom and Direct Democracy (2019–2022)
Alma materMilitary Academy in Brno
Websiteblasko-prezident23.cz

Hynek Blaško (born 15 July 1955 in Prague) is a Czech general and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[3]

On 14 September 2022 Blaško left Freedom and Direct Democracy due to disagreement with functioning of the party.[4]

On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez. [5][6]

2023 Czech presidential election[edit]

On 27 May 2022 Blaško announced his intention to run for the office of President of the Czech Republic in the 2023 election.[7] His presidential bid received support from DSSS.[8] Blaško eventually failed to gather enough signatures and withdrew from the election.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Jmenné seznamy". volby.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. ^ "V SPD končím, vzkázal europoslanec Blaško Okamurovi". novinky.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. ^ "European Parliament condemns growing repression of Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calls for release of bishop". catholicnewsagency.com.
  6. ^ "Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu.
  7. ^ "Europoslanec SPD Blaško hodlá kandidovat na prezidenta. Oznámil to na sítích". idnes.cz (in Czech). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. ^ Wasserbauerová, Terezie (22 June 2022). "Zaujme jako Masaryk? Podpisy váznou, přiznal Blaško, který se opírá o DSSS". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. ^ Prima, F. T. V. "Další prezidentští odpadlíci. Boj o Hrad vzdal europoslanec Blaško i zakladatel Krtkova světa". cnn.iprima.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 November 2022.