
2022 Civic Democratic Party leadership election

The next Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election is expected to be held in January 2022, following the 2021 Czech legislative election.
Background.
Petr Fiala has been the leader of the party since 2014. Leadership elections are held every 2 years. Fiala was reelected for a fourth term in 2020, but his reelection was overshadowed by the defeat of his Deputy Leader Alexandra Udženija and the candidacy of controversial politician Pavel Novotný for Deputy leader. Support for ODS in opinion polls stagnated during 2020, and Fiala decided to form an electoral alliance with KDU-ČSL and TOP 09, under the name SPOLU. It was reported that some members of ODS did not agree with the alliance. Martin Kuba, the Governor of the South Bohemian Region, expressed his opposition to the alliance in January and February 2021. Kuba received widespread media attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, triggering speculation that he would eventually replace Fiala.