page_title: Libor Michálek
section_title: The Senate
hierarchical_section_title: Libor Michálek / The Senate
caption_attribution_description: Libor Michálek at his 2012 Senate campaign booth
context_page_description: Libor Michálek is a Czech economist, politician, and whistleblower. He led successful corruption cases against the Czech National Property Fund and the Environment Ministry as former employees of both. He is the first Pirate Party candidate to be elected to office in a national legislature. His senatorial term is 2012–2018.
context_section_description: At the end of July 2012, Libor Michálek accepted the Czech Pirate, Green, and Christian Democrat Party senatorial nominations for District 26. The Pirate Party was his primary affiliation due to its transparency and accountability platforms. His personal 12-point platform prioritized direct democracy, fair political party competition, and anti-corruption oversight efforts alongside social welfare reforms. In the October 2012 elections, he won 24.3 percent of the first round vote and 74.4 percent of the first-past-the-post runoff, giving him the seat. Another candidate, Karel Berka, challenged the decision, but the Czech Supreme Administrative Court found the claims unfounded. He was the first Pirate Party candidate to be elected to national office, the 81-seat Czech Senate. His senatorial term is 2012–2018.
  Czech President Miloš Zeman has publicly considered Michálek for leading the Supreme Audit Office. In 2013, Michálek authored the first bill designed to protect whistleblowers, which was overwhelmingly rejected on the floor of the Senate.
caption: Michálek near his Senate 2012 campaign booth
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