Michal Hašek
Michal Hašek in 2014
Governor of South Moravian Region
In office
21 November 2008 – 6 November 2016
Preceded byStanislav Juránek
Succeeded byBohumil Šimek
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 June 2002 – 30 April 2014
Succeeded byVlastimil Gabrhel
Personal details
Born (1976-04-17) 17 April 1976
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Political partySocial Democracy
Alma materMasaryk University
Websitehttps://michalhasek.cz/

Michal Hašek (born 17 April 1976) is a Czech politician and former Governor of South Moravian Region. From 2002 until 2014, Hašek was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP). He also served as shadow Minister of Agriculture in the shadow cabinet of former Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek.

Early life and education

Hašek graduated from Faculty of Law of Masaryk University with a juris degree, but its validity has been called into question as it was obtained at an obscure law school in the southwestern Slovak town of Sládkovičovo.[1] His thesis was led by Mojmír Mamojka, a social democrat from Slovakia's Smer party, leading to allegations of clientelism.[2] Hasek passed the bar exam in June 2021.[3]

Political career

Member of Czech parliament

In the 2002 Czech parliamentary election, Hasek was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Social Democracy of South Moravian Region.[4] He remained in the Chamber of Deputies until the beginning of March 2009.[5]

Governor

When Hašek gave up his parliamentary mandate on 27 February 2009, he justified his decision by stating it is not possible to work well as the long-term governor of South Moravia.[6] After Jiří Paroubek resigned as head of ČSSD, Hašek announced his candidacy as chairman.[7]

2016 Czech regional elections

At the regional conference of Social Democracy in November 2015, Hašek was nominated as the leader of the candidate for the 2016 Czech regional elections.[8] On the day of election, he received 8,103 preferential votes, but his party finished third behind the KDU-ČSL.[9] ČSSD later became part of the regional coalition, but himself resigned as governor on 16 November 2016.[10] Hašek also worked as an ordinary representative.[11]

In July 2018, Hašek became an external advisor to the Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Miroslav Toman, as a member of the Ministerial Legislative Council.[12]

Controversy

Before the 2016 Czech regional elections, Mlada Fronta Dnes reported that Hašek ordered marketing services worth 400,000 Czech Koruna from his partner, Jana Mrencová.[13] Her name was subsequently confirmed by former spokeswoman Denisa Kapitančiková, who stated that the lobbyist should repeatedly sign a contract with the office for 200,000 Czech Koruna.[14] Whilst searching for payments to Mrencová, journalists discovered that the South Moravian Region paid at least 650,000 Czech Koruna to JT Media for the publication of positive articles over three years.[15] Mlada Fronta Dnes later reported that Mrencová sent it back to the regional office.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Studýnka, Bohumil J. (18 March 2011). "Did Hašek have to earn a JUDr. from Sládkovičovo?". Czech Position. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Netočný, Tomáš (4 July 2011). "Sládkovičovo voní paprikou. Tady JUDr. Hašek získal tajný titul". Aktuálně.cz. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Exhejtman Hašek má advokátní zkoušky. Kazil jsem věkový průměr, směje se". iDNES (in Czech). 8 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky 2002". volby.cz (in Czech). 15 June 2002. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "JUDr. Michal Hašek". Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic - Official website (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Lipold, Jan (22 August 2012). "Poslancem proti své vůli. Hrdinská oběť hejtmana Haška". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech).
  7. ↑ Komárková, Pavla; Lukšová, Barbora (27 February 2009). "Jihomoravský hejtman Michal Hašek se vzdal poslaneckého mandátu". iDNES (in Slovak).
  8. ↑ Spěvák, Přemysl (21 November 2015). "Delegáti i Sobotka podpořili Haška. Novým krajským předsedou ČSSD je Hanák". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 7.10. – 8.10.2016". Český statistický úřad (in Czech). Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Haška v čele Jihomoravského kraje vystřídal Šimek". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 16 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Z bývalého jihomoravského hejtmana Michala Haška je advokátní koncipient". Czech Television (in Czech). 23 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Hašek se vrací: Bývalý hejtman bude členem legislativní rady ministra zemědělství Tomana". info.cz (in Czech). 19 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Za Haška léta komunikuje neexistující mluvčí, skrývá se za ní lobbistka". iDNES (in Czech). 19 July 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Pro Haška roky pracovala lobbistka Jana Mrencová, potvrdila jeho bývalá mluvčí". iDNES (in Czech). 2 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Jihomoravský kraj platil statisíce za pozitivní články o Haškovi". iDNES (in Czech). 4 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Jak odstínit nepříjemné dotazy? Mrencová za to Haškovi účtovala 18 tisíc". iDNES (in Czech). 26 August 2016.
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