Payne attended Charles University and graduated with a degree in nuclear physics. However, due to his political beliefs he was not formally given a diploma until 1991.[1] Because he was not able to work in his field, he turned to politics, joining the Civic Forum for its two years in existence (1989-1991) and was one of the founding members of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).[1] He was first elected to political office in the 1990 Czech National Council election, then was elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and was re-elected in 1996 and 1998. He did not run for re-election in 2002, and in 2004 began to serve as an adviser to then-President Václav Klaus, who he had been an ally of since the Civic Democratic Party's founding.[1]
In 2009, Payne was one of the members of the ODS who split to form a new party, the Party of Free Citizens (now Svobodní), and served as its first vice-chairman.[1] As a member of Svobodní, he ran for Senate in the 2014 Prague 10 by-election, finishing in seventh. He also ran in the European Parliament elections that same year. He finished second in the party's list of candidates, meaning he was first alternate should a position open up.[2] That took place three years later in 2017, when Petr Mach resigned as an MEP member. Payne filled that seat and served as a member until 2019.[3] During his time as an MEP member, he was part of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group.
After Mach's resignation as Svobodní party leader, Payne ran for leadership of the party in the November 2017 Party of Free Citizens leadership election, finishing in third behind Tomáš Pajonk and Mach.[4] In 2019, as his term as MEP concluded, he resigned from his position as party vice-chairman, as he felt it was no longer the party he helped found and could not support the direction it was heading.[5]
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^. Novinky.cz (in Czech). 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^"Mach odchází z europarlamentu". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 29 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^"Svobodné nově povede Tomáš Pajonk". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 19 November 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^"Europoslanec Payne rezignoval na post místopředsedy Svobodných". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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jiří, payne, jiří, tomáš, payne, born, july, 1956, czech, politician, former, member, european, parliament, member, european, parliamentfor, czech, republicin, office, september, 2017, june, 2019personal, detailsborn, 1956, july, 1956, prague, czechoslovakiana. Jiri Tomas Payne born 7 July 1956 is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament MEP Jiri PayneMember of the European Parliamentfor Czech RepublicIn office 5 September 2017 30 June 2019Personal detailsBorn 1956 07 07 7 July 1956 age 67 Prague CzechoslovakiaNationalityCzechPolitical partyParty of Free Citizens 2009 ODS 1991 2009 OF 1989 1991 Websitehttps www payne cz Biography editPayne attended Charles University and graduated with a degree in nuclear physics However due to his political beliefs he was not formally given a diploma until 1991 1 Because he was not able to work in his field he turned to politics joining the Civic Forum for its two years in existence 1989 1991 and was one of the founding members of the Civic Democratic Party ODS 1 He was first elected to political office in the 1990 Czech National Council election then was elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and was re elected in 1996 and 1998 He did not run for re election in 2002 and in 2004 began to serve as an adviser to then President Vaclav Klaus who he had been an ally of since the Civic Democratic Party s founding 1 In 2009 Payne was one of the members of the ODS who split to form a new party the Party of Free Citizens now Svobodni and served as its first vice chairman 1 As a member of Svobodni he ran for Senate in the 2014 Prague 10 by election finishing in seventh He also ran in the European Parliament elections that same year He finished second in the party s list of candidates meaning he was first alternate should a position open up 2 That took place three years later in 2017 when Petr Mach resigned as an MEP member Payne filled that seat and served as a member until 2019 3 During his time as an MEP member he was part of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group After Mach s resignation as Svobodni party leader Payne ran for leadership of the party in the November 2017 Party of Free Citizens leadership election finishing in third behind Tomas Pajonk and Mach 4 In 2019 as his term as MEP concluded he resigned from his position as party vice chairman as he felt it was no longer the party he helped found and could not support the direction it was heading 5 References edit a b c d RNDr Jiri Payne nasipolitici cz in Czech Archived from the original on 21 September 2017 Mach Payne a Pajonk povedou Svobodne do eurovoleb Novinky cz in Czech 20 February 2014 Archived from the original on 20 February 2014 Retrieved 28 October 2023 Mach odchazi z europarlamentu Novinky cz in Czech 29 August 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2023 Svobodne nove povede Tomas Pajonk Novinky cz in Czech 19 November 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2023 Europoslanec Payne rezignoval na post mistopredsedy Svobodnych Mlada fronta DNES in Czech 2 March 2019 Retrieved 28 October 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jiri Payne amp oldid 1182517654, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
