Civic Movement

The Civic Movement (Czech: Občanské hnutí, OH) was a liberal political party based in the Czech Republic, which existed from 1991 to 1996. The party was established after the break-up of Civic Forum by the liberal wing of Civic Forum, while the conservative wing established the Civic Democratic Party.[2] Jiří Dienstbier was elected leader of the Civic Movement. The party participated in the 1992 legislative election but failed to reach the required 5% threshold and was left without parliamentary representation. The party then renamed itself as the Free Democrats.[3] The party merged with the Czech National Social Party in 1996.[4][5] Some former members of OH later established the Party for the Open Society.

Civic Movement Občanské hnutí
Leader	Jiří Dienstbier
Founded	27 April 1991
Dissolved	1996
Preceded by	Civic Forum
Merged into	Free Democrats – Liberal National Social Party
Ideology	Liberalism Social liberalism Liberal democracy
Political position	Centre to centre-left[1]
Politics of the Czech Republic Political parties Elections

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place	Notes	Position
1990	...	...	44 / 200	1st	Split from Civic Forum in 1991	Majority Government
1992	297,406	4.6	0 / 200	9th		extra-parliamentary

References

1. "Občanské fórum (OF) provedlo zemi prvními lety demokracie | ČeskéNoviny.cz". www.ceskenoviny.cz. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
2. televize, Česká. "Podle Klause se ODS mění v Občanské hnutí". ČT24. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
3. Nekvapil, Václav; Kubáček, Jan (23 June 2011). Testy – Politologie a mezinárodní vztahy (in Czech). Fragment, Albatros Media a.s. ISBN 9788025315804. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
4. "POLITIKA: Dvacet let by bylo i Občanskému hnutí". Lidovky.cz. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
5. televize, Česká. "OF(F). Před čtvrtstoletím se rozpadlo Občanské fórum". ČT24. Retrieved 9 January 2017.