Tomio Okamura

Tomio Okamura
Deputy President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
24 November 2017 – 21 October 2021
Leader of Freedom and Direct Democracy
Assumed office
4 August 2015
Preceded byPosition established
Leader of Dawn of Direct Democracy
In office
1 July 2013 – 5 May 2015
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMarek Černoch
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
26 October 2013
Senator from Zlín
In office
20 October 2012 – 26 October 2013
Preceded byJana Juřenčáková
Succeeded byPatrik Kunčar
Personal details
Born (1972-07-04) 4 July 1972 (age 52)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyDawn of Direct Democracy
(2013–2015)
Freedom and Direct Democracy
(2015–present)
RelativesHayato Okamura (brother)
Osamu Okamura (brother)
Signature
Websitewww.tomio.cz

Tomio Okamura (岡村 富夫, Okamura Tomio, born 4 July 1972)[1] is a Czech far-right[2][3][4] politician and entrepreneur. He founded the Czech political parties Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD). Since October 2013, he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (MP), initially for Dawn of Direct Democracy and then from May 2015 for SPD (styled "SPD – Tomio Okamura"), of which he is also leader. He previously served as an independent Senator for Zlín district from October 2012 until his election to the Chamber of Deputies a year later.

  1. ^ "Tomio Okamura – Profile". Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ^ Tait, Robert (2017-12-15). "Far right to gather in Prague as fears grow of rising Czech populism". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  3. ^ "Far-right scores surprise success in Czech election". Reuters. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  4. ^ "How a Tokyo-Born Outsider Became the Face of Czech Nationalism". Bloomberg. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-01-29.

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