March 2011 President of European Conservatives and Reformists election

March 2011 President of European Conservatives and Reformists election
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Candidate Jan Zahradil Timothy Kirkhope Ryszard Legutko
Party ODS Conservative PiS
Popular vote 36 18 withdrawn
Percentage 66.67% 33.33%
President of ECR before election

Michal Kaminski
PiS

Elected President of ECR

Jan Zahradil
ODS

Election of the President of European Conservatives and Reformists was held on 8 March 2011. Election was held after the previous president Michal Kaminski quit the group. Candidates included Czech MEP Jan Zahradil, British MEP Timothy Kirkhope and Polish MEP Ryszard Legutko. Kirkhope was considered the favourite to become the new president as the Conservative Party dominated the group. He was defeated by Zahradil who became the new president.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Day, Matthew (9 March 2011). "Czech MEP elected leader of Tories in European Parliament". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Czech beats British Conservative to lead EP group". POLITICO. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Czech Mate for the ECR Group". New Europe. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2017.