Hynek Blaško

{{short description|Czech politician (born 1955)}}

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| party = Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1981–1989)
Freedom and Direct Democracy (2019–2022)

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| caption = Hynek Blaško in 2022

| constituency_MP = Czech Republic

| term_start = 2 July 2019{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 May 2019|date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525003255/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2019|date=22 May 2017}}

| term_end = 15 July 2024

| parliament = European

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|07|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

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| nationality = Czech

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| alma_mater = Military Academy in Brno

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| website = [https://blasko-prezident23.cz/ blasko-prezident23.cz]

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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.{{cite web|title=Jmenné seznamy|url=https://volby.cz/pls/ep2019/ep2111?xjazyk=CZ&xv=2&xt=3&xstrana=0|website=volby.cz|access-date=2 June 2019|language=cs}}

On 14 September 2022 Blaško left Freedom and Direct Democracy due to disagreement with functioning of the party.{{cite web |title=V SPD končím, vzkázal europoslanec Blaško Okamurovi|url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/domaci-v-spd-koncim-vzkazal-europoslanec-blasko-okamurovi-40408743|website=Novinky.cz|access-date=15 September 2022 |language=cs|date=15 September 2022|agency=Czech News Agency|publisher=Borgis}}

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. {{cite web|title=European Parliament condemns growing repression of Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calls for release of bishop|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252307/european-parliament-condemns-growing-repression-of-catholic-church-in-nicaragua-calls-for-release-of-bishop|website=Catholic News Agency}}{{cite web|title=Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez|url= https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-9-2022-09-15-RCV_FR.pdf|format=PDF|website=European Parliament}}