Tomáš Goláň

Tomáš Goláň (born 1 December 1968 in Vsetín) is a Czech tax adviser. He was elected member of Senate during 2018 by-election for Zlín seat and reelected during 2020 Czech Senate election.

Tomáš Goláň
Senator from Zlín
Assumed office
26 May 2018
Preceded byFrantišek Čuba
Personal details
Born (1968-02-01) 1 February 1968
Vsetín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political partyODS (since 2020)[1]
Independent for Senátor 21 (2018-2020)
Alma materMendel University
Websitehttp://www.tomasgolan.cz

Biography

He studied at the Faculty of Business and Economics of Mendel University. He worked as an economist at Zlín until 1993 when he became tax advisor.[2][3]

He became widely known for his fight against Preliminary injunctions by Financial administration. He received award from Deník Referendum which chose him the Second Person of 2017.[4]

Political career

On 22 March 2018, he announced his candidacy in a by-election for Zlín seat in 2018.[5] Goláň was nominated by Senátor 21. Goláň was initially viewed as an Underdog in the election but managed to advance to runoff where he faced Michaela Blahová. He defeated Blahová when he received over 53% of votes and became new senator.[6] He then joined newly formed Senate group of Senátor 21.[7] Shortly after Goláň's reelection in 2020 he joined Civic Democratic Party and its Senate group (ODS+TOP09 Senate group).[8]

References
  1. https://tomasgolan.cz/vstup-do-ods/
  2. "Váš senátor Tomáš Goláň". www.tomasgolan.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. "Čubu v Senátu nahradí Goláň. Daňový poradce na Zlínsku porazil adeptku lidovců". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. "Tomáš Goláň kandiduje do Senátu. Jako první podrobně popsal zneužívání zajišťovacích příkazů Babišem". denikreferendum.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  5. "Daňový expert Goláň bojuje proti zajišťovacím příkazům, teď kandiduje do Senátu". Echo24.cz (in Czech). 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  6. "Pavel Stojar: Senátní volby 2018 na Zlínsku: jak vyhrál Tomáš Goláň". denikreferendum.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  7. televize, Česká. "Obměna na Zlínsku pomohla bezprizorným senátorům. Založili nový klub, předsedou je Láska". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  8. https://tomasgolan.cz/vstup-do-ods/
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