Social Democracy (Czech Republic)
Social Democracy Sociální demokracie | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | SOCDEM |
| Leader | Jiří Nedvěd |
| Deputy Leaders | Radek Scherfer Michal Chalupný Alžběta Kálalová Jiří Ott |
| Founders | Josef Boleslav Pecka Ladislav Zápotocký |
| Founded | 7 April 1878 |
| Headquarters | Lidový dům, Hybernská 1033/7, Prague 1 |
| Think tank | Masaryk Democratic Academy |
| Youth wing | Young Social Democrats |
| Women's wing | Social Democratic Women |
| Religious wing | Christian Social Platform |
| Membership (2025) | 3,090 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | National Front (1945–1948) Stačilo! (since 2025) |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance Socialist International |
| Colours | Pastel red |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 200 |
| Senate | 0 / 81 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| Regional councils | 12 / 675 |
| Governors of the regions | 0 / 13 |
| Local councils | 799 / 61,780 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| socdem.cz | |
Social Democracy (Czech: Sociální demokracie, SOCDEM), known as the Czech Social Democratic Party (Czech: Česká strana sociálně demokratická, ČSSD) until 10 June 2023, is a social democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum, it is a member of the Party of European Socialists, the Socialist International, and the Progressive Alliance. Masaryk Democratic Academy is the party-affiliated's think tank.
The ČSSD was a junior coalition party within Second cabinet of Andrej Babiš' minority government from June 2018, and was a senior coalition party from 1998 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2017. It held 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic following the 2017 Czech parliamentary election in which the party lost 35 seats. From 2018 to 2021, the party was led by Jan Hamáček, who has since been replaced by Michal Šmarda as leader after the 2021 Czech parliamentary election, in which the party lost all of its seats after falling below 5%.