Tomáš Vandas
{{Short description|Czech politician (born 1969)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tomáš Vandas
| image = Tomáš Vandas Foto.jpg
| office2 = Chairman of Workers' Party
| |term_start2 = 31 May 2003
| |term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Jiří Štěpánek
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|03|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
| nationality = Czech
| party = SPR–RSČ (1995–2003)
Workers' Party (2003–2010)
DSSS (2010–2024)
| profession = Quality manager, politician
| website = http://www.tomasvandas.cz
}}
Tomáš Vandas ({{IPA|cs|ˈtomaːʃ ˈvandas}}; born 3 March 1969) is a Czech far-right politician, who has been chairman of the non-parliamentary Workers' Party of Social Justice since 2003.
Education and occupation
Vandas was born in Prague. Having completed a plumbing course, he continued his education at the High School of Industrial Technology. He is a graduate of the Jan Amos Komensky University of Prague, where he achieved a bachelor's degree in social and mass communication.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Political career
Vandas began his political activism in 1995. From 1997-98 he worked for the Coalition for Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia, initially as an assistant to an MP, and later as a member of the party's audit committee. After the parliamentary elections in 1998 he became general secretary to SPR-RSČ. In 2003 he was a founding member of the Workers' Party, and has been its chairman since 31 May 2003.
Vandas stood in the senate elections in 2010 but was unsuccessful, receiving 5.13% of the vote. In March 2012, Vandas announced his intention to run for Czech president in the 2013 direct presidential elections,{{Cite news |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/leader-of-far-right-dsss-vandas-running-for-czech-president/763549 |title=Leader of far-right DSSS Vandas running for Czech president |work=Ceskenoviny.cz |date=3 March 2012}} but failed to collect the required 50,000 signatures.
References
External links
- [http://www.tomasvandas.cz/ Official website (in Czech)]
- [http://www.dsss.cz/ Official website of Workers' party]
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Category:Politicians from Prague
Category:Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia politicians
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