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Richard Vereš
Richard Vereš, born in 1995 in Ostrava, is a Czech lawyer and ANO politician with a master's degree in public administration from Masaryk University.
- Born
- 1995
- Party
- ANO 2011
Right · Where sources place the party (ANO 2011)
Wikipedia: right-wing (ANO 2011)
Ideology: right-wing populism, technocracy
79%Probability · Mayor of Ostrava 2026
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He has been mayor of the Slezská Ostrava district since 2018, a Moravian-Silesian regional councillor since 2022 and head of ANO's Ostrava organisation since 2023. He is ANO's candidate for Mayor of Ostrava in the 2026 municipal election.
Career
Vereš was born on 3 October 1995 in Ostrava and studied public administration at the Law Faculty of Masaryk University. He joined ANO in 2013 and became Ostrava's youngest city representative after the 2014 elections. He has been mayor of the Slezská Ostrava district since November 2018; in October 2022 he was elected unopposed, with opposition votes as well. The Czech Union of Towns and Municipalities named him best mayor for 2018 to 2022. Since December 2022 he has been a regional councillor and vice-president of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, and since January 2023 chairs ANO in Ostrava. He sits in the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the EU Committee of the Regions, working on territorial planning and climate policy.
Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia (Czech) · Wikipedia
- Richard Vereš 79%
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Mayor of Ostrava 2026
| Outcome | Left – Right | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Vereš | Right | 79% |
| Jan Dohnal | Centre-right | 8% |
| Matěj Gregor | 2% | |
| Ivana Lucáková Nesétová | 1% | |
| Aleš Boháč | 1% | |
| Ondřej Němeček | 1% | |
| Peter Harvánek | 1% | |
| Lukáš Semerák | 1% | |
| Rostislav Řeha | <1% |