Czech Realist Party

Czech Progressive Party
Česká strana pokroková
LeaderTomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Přemysl Šámal
Founded1900 (1900)
Dissolved1918 (1918)
Merged intoCzech Constitutional Democracy
HeadquartersPrague, Kingdom of Bohemia
NewspaperČas
Youth wingSlavie
IdeologyProgressivism
Popular sovereignty
Home rule
Political positionCentre
ColoursBlue

The Czech Realist Party officially Czech Progressive Party founded as Czech People's Party (also known as "Realists") was founded in 1900 by Tomáš Masaryk, Karel Kramář and Josef Kaizl. It attempted to reform the Czech Government and establish a democracy in response to the Hilsner affair. Following the Hilsner affair, Masaryk became a key point of controversy and ultimately he felt that he needed to break from the Young Czechs and the Old Czechs. This led to the creation of the Czech Realist Party.