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The Club of Committed Non-Party Members (in Czech Klub angažovaných nestraníků, KAN) is a tiny liberal party in the Czech Republic.
It was originally founded during the Prague Spring in 1968 by 144 leading Czechoslovak intellectuals and prominent social figures as an independent activist organisation in purpose to advocate a reform program. It committed itself to human rights and civil equality, political pluralism and the principles embodied in the UN Declaration on human rights. During its peak it claimed to have almost 15 000 members. The Soviet Army formally proscribed it officially in September 1968.
After the Velvet Revolution of 1989 KAN was reorganised in 1990 as a party, but it has not gained wide support in the elections and is not represented in the parliament.
See also
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism in the Czech lands
External links
- Club of Committed Non-Party Members official site (in Czech)
Political parties in the Czech Republic Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers. Sources: Chamber of Deputies · Senate · Statistical Office Chamber of Deputies
2010 (200 seats)Czech Social Democratic Party (56) · Civic Democratic Party (53) · TOP 09 (41) · Communist Party (26) · Public Affairs (24)Senate
2010 (81 seats)Social Democrats (41) · Civic Democratic Party (25) · Christian and Democratic Union (6)12 · TOP 09 (5)3 · Communist Party (2) · NorthBohemians.cz (2)European Parliament
2009 (22 seats)Civic Democratic Party (9) · Czech Social Democratic Party (7) · Communist Party (4) · Christian and Democratic Union (2)
Other parties
(>0.5% of the 2010 vote)Christian and Democratic Union · Party of Civic Rights – Zemanovci · Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc · Green Party · Workers' Party of Social Justice · Czech Pirate Party · Party of Free Citizens1 Includes one elected as independent. 2 One more split to TOP 09. 3 Only one was actually elected as TOP 09 candidate, one split from Christian Democratic Union, two were elected for Mayors and Independents and one for Party for the Open SocietyPolitics of the Czech Republic · Politics portal · List of political parties by country This article about a Czech political party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article related to a European Liberal party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.