Tomáš Vandas

Tomáš Vandas
Chairman of Workers' Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 May 2003
Preceded by	Jiří Štěpánek
Personal details
Born	(1969-03-03) 3 March 1969 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Political party	SPR–RSČ (1995–2003) Workers' Party (2003–2010) DSSS (2010–)
Profession	Quality manager, politician
Website	http://www.tomasvandas.cz

Tomáš Vandas (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈvandas]; born 3 March 1969) is a Czech far-right politician, who has been chairman of the non-parliamentary Workers' Party of Social Justice since 2003.

Education and occupation

Vandas was born in Prague. Having completed a plumbing course, he continued his education at the High School of Industrial Technology. He is a graduate of the Jan Amos Komensky University of Prague, where he achieved a bachelor's degree in social and mass communication.

Political career

Vandas began his political activism in 1995. From 1997-98 he worked for the Coalition for Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia, initially as an assistant to an MP, and later as a member of the party's audit committee. After the parliamentary elections in 1998 he became general secretary to SPR-RSČ. In 2003 he was a founding member of the Workers' Party, and has been its chairman since 31 May 2003.

Vandas stood in the senate elections in 2010 but was unsuccessful, receiving 5.13% of the vote. In March 2012, Vandas announced his intention to run for Czech president in the 2013 direct presidential elections, but failed to collect the required 50,000 signatures.

External links

• Official website (in Czech)
• Official website of Workers' party