Jakub Michálek

Jakub Michálek (born 6 February 1989) is a Czech politician who served as member of Czech Pirate Party.

Jakub Michálek
Michálek in 2020
Vice-Chairman of Czech Pirate Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 October 2017
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 2017
3rd Vice President of the Pirates
In office 10 September 2016 – 11 January 2020
Preceded by	Václav Fořtík [cs]
Succeeded by	Radek Holomčík [cs]
Representative of Prague
In office 11 October 2014 – 5 December 2017
Succeeded by	Adam Šoukal
Vice-chairman of Czech Pirate Party
In office 25 August 2012 – 4 December 2013
Preceded by	Adam Šoukal
Succeeded by	Lenka Wagnerová [cs]
Personal details
Born	(1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 (age 35) Louny, Czechoslovakia
Political party	Czech Pirate Party
Alma mater	Faculty of Law, Charles University

Political career

Michálek led the PirateLeaks project to launch the official website of Czech Pirate Party for the 2012 Czech regional elections. He deals with legal issue in a dispute between him and the Ministry of Finance.^[1] Michálek was also the co-author of the request to cancel Article 2 of the so-called Klaus amnesty,^[2] which was submitted by a group of 30 senators of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

In the 2014 municipal elections, Michálek was the leader of Pirate Party candidate for Prague City Council, thus became a candidate for the office of mayor of the capital city^[3] and was elected as a representative.^[4] He also applied for candidacy for the municipal council of the Prague 8 district but was not elected.^[5]

Michálek led Pirate Party in Prague during the 2017 Czech parliamentary election,^[6] receiving 11,641 preferential votes and was elected as a Member of Parliament.^[7] He also became the chairman of the pirate parliamentary club on 22 October.^[8] In December 2017, Michálek resigned from the position of Prague representative due to the cumulation of the functions of city representative and deputy.^[9] In January 2018, Michálek defended the position of vice-chairman of the Pirates at the party's national forum in Brno.^[10]

In October 2019, head of Pirate Party's personnel department, Jana Koláříková, requested Michálek's dismissal from the position of vice-chairman of the party due to his allegedly inappropriate behavior towards party members.^[11] Michálek himself refused to resign as he claimed to only have high demands on the performance of people.^[12] 294 of 770 party members who opposed for Michálek's dismissal resulted him remaining as vice-chairman,^[13] the newly-elected MEP Mikuláš Peksa resigned as vice-chairman in protest.^[14] Michálek held the position of vice-chairman of the party until January 2020 when a national forum took place in Ostrava, where he no longer ran for the position of vice-chairman of the party.^[15]

Personal life

Michálek is in relationship with Michaela Krausová, former president of the Pirate Party Club in the City Council of Prague.^[16]

References

1. "Rozsudek" (PDF). Nejvyšší správní soud (in Czech). 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
2. "Návrh na zrušení aboličního článku amnestie vzešel od senátora nominovaného Piráty a místopředseda Pirátů se podílel na přípravě". Czech Pirate Party (in Czech). 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.
3. Dostál, Vratislav (2 July 2014). "Pražským lídrem Pirátů bude Jakub Michálek, bývalý místopředseda strany". Deník Referendum (in Czech). Retrieved 3 July 2014.
4. "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014 | Obec Praha h.l.m" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
5. "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014 | Obec Praha 8" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
6. "Piráti představili lídry krajských kandidátek pro parlamentní volby 2017". Parlamentní Listy (in Czech). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
7. "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2017" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
8. Kovácsová, Kateřina; Vaca, Jan (22 October 2017). "Piráty ve Sněmovně povede Michálek, s ANO odmítají handlovat". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra.
9. "Pirát Michálek už není pražským zastupitelem, nahradil ho Mahrik". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
10. "Celostátní fórum Pirátů potvrdilo v čele strany Bartoše". České Noviny (in Czech). 6 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018.
11. "Piráti oficiálně zahájili jednání o odvolání Michálka". České Noviny (in Czech). 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
12. Bohuslavová, Renáta (23 October 2019). "Nikoho jsem nešikanoval, brečel jen jeden člověk, říká Michálek". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
13. Bartoňková, Vendula (4 November 2019). "Michálek nadále zůstane místopředsedou Pirátů, hlasování členů zůstalo bez usnesení" (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
14. Jadrný, Petr (5 November 2019). "Peksova reakce na neodvolání Michálka: S okamžitou platností se vzdávám funkce místopředsedy Pirátů" (in Czech). Czech Radio.
15. "Předsedou Pirátů opět Bartoš, místopředsedkyní Richterová". České Noviny (in Czech). 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
16. Kopecký, Josef; Hammer, Jan; Matulík, Petr (23 October 2019). "Část Pirátů chce sesadit Michálka. Nerezignuje. Jsem tvrdý, přiznal". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 24 October 2019.