Vít Jedlička

Vít Jedlička

1st President of the Free Republic of Liberland
Assumed office
13 April 2015
President in Hradec Králové Region
of the Party of Free Citizens
Assumed office
23 March 2009
President of Reformy.cz
Assumed office
2010
Personal details
Born (1983-09-06) 6 September 1983
Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political party Civic Democratic Party
Free Citizens Party (2009-present)
Alma mater University of Economics, Prague, CEVRO Institute

Vít Jedlička (Czech pronunciation: [ˈviːt ˈjɛdlɪtʃka]; born 6 September 1983) is a Czech politician, publicist and activist.

He was the chairman of the Party of Free Citizens in the Hradec Králové Region, and he is the founder and chairman of a Czech voluntary association Reformy.cz.[1][2] On 13 April 2015, he founded the self-declared libertarian micronation Free Republic of Liberland, and was immediately elected its first President, with two yes votes and zero no votes.[3][4][5]

Education

In 2008, he received a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Affairs from University of Economics, Prague.[6][7]

Background

His working career ranges from sales and management to financial analysis and IT. From 2009 to 2009, he was the managing director of KHfree.net,[7] a civic network and internet service in his hometown of Hradec Králové. From 2009 to 2014,[8] Jedlička was the regional chairman of the Party of Free Citizens. In 2011, he co-founded Reformy.cz, a community news service of libertarian roots, and became its chairman.[9][6] Jedlička is a patron of Young Britons for Liberty.[10]

Politics

From 2001, Vít Jedlička was a member of Civic Democratic Party. Since 2009 he has been a member of the Free Citizens Party. In 2009 he was elected the first regional president in Hradec Králové Region of the Free Citizens Party.[11]

Views

Jedlička considers himself as libertarian with liberal views on individual freedom and the least state intrusion possible.[12] A Property and Freedom Society attendee in 2015, his views are similar to that of American politician Ron Paul.[13] He has described himself as a Bastiat-influenced anarcho-capitalist in a podcast.[14] Jedlička is a eurosceptic and points to the huge difference between a free market and an internal market. He has also sought to raise awareness of the democratic deficit in the institution of the EU and of the abuse of basic moral rules by EU institutions and EU member states.[15] Jedlička described the European Stability Mechanism as a protectorate.[16]

Socialism is the false belief that the state will spend your money better than you would.[17]
— Vít Jedlička

Liberland

Main article: Liberland

On 13 April 2015, Vít Jedlička proclaimed the Free Republic of Liberland on an unclaimed (terra nullis) land lot known as "Gornja Siga"[18] between Serbia and Croatia, and became Liberland's first president.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Connecting People Through News". PressReader.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  2. ↑ "Klub Reformy.cz - Vít Jedlička (blog.idnes.cz)". Vitjedlicka.blog.idnes.cz. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  3. ↑ CNN, Euan McKirdy. "Is Liberland the world's newest micronation?". CNN. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  4. 1 2 "Člen Svobodných vyhlásil na území bývalé Jugoslávie vlastní stát" (in Czech). novinky.cz.
  5. ↑ Lewis-kraus, Gideon (2015-08-11). "Welcome to Liberland, the World's Newest Country (Maybe)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  6. 1 2 "Bc. Vít Jedlička - Životopis" (PDF) (in Czech). svobodni.cz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2011.
  7. 1 2 http://hradecky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/primator_jedlicka_komunalni_volby_20100907.html
  8. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140704073914/http://web.svobodni.cz/lide/krajska-predsednictva/kralovehradecky-kraj
  9. ↑ http://www.reformy.cz/about/
  10. ↑ Young Britons for Liberty Executive Board 01/08/2016
  11. ↑ "Člen Svobodných vyhlásil na území bývalé Jugoslávie vlastní stát". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  12. ↑ "Je pravičák a vzteká se: Nečas lže a zrazuje ODS" (in Czech). Parlamentní listy.
  13. ↑ "Pravičák Jedlička: Usama byl zabit bez soudu. Opovrhování právy" (in Czech). Parlamentní listy.
  14. ↑ "Anarchast Ep. 217 Vit Jedlička: The President of the New Anarcho-Capitalist State Liberland". Youtube.
  15. ↑ "Jakub Janda / Vít Jedlička - integrace s EU - Debatní klub". YouTube.
  16. ↑ "Vít Jedlička: Schválení europrotektorátu (ESM) by byl vrchol" (in Czech). Reformy.cz.
  17. ↑ "Citáty" (in Czech). Reformy.cz.
  18. ↑ Klemenčić, Schofield (2001). "War and Peace on the Danube: The Evolution of the Croatia-Serbia Boundary". ISBN 1-897643-41-1.
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