Civic Democratic Party

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The Civic Democratic Party (Czech: Občanská demokratická strana, ODS) is a conservative political party in the Czech Republic. The party sits on the centre-right of the political spectrum. It holds 26 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and is the second-strongest party by number of seats following the 2025 election. ODS is the only political party in the Czech Republic that has maintained an uninterrupted representation in the Chamber of Deputies since the country's independence. The party is currently led by MP Martin Kupka, who has been leader since 2026. Founded in 1991 by Václav Klaus as the pro–free market wing of the Civic Forum, and modeled on the British Conservative Party, ODS won the 1992 parliamentary election, and has remained in government for most of the Czech Republic's independence. In every parliamentary election excluding the 2013 election, ODS emerged as one of the two strongest parties. Klaus served as the first prime minister of the Czech Republic after the partition...

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