Dominik Feri

Dominik Feri (born 11 July 1996) is a Czech politician who has been Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2017. Elected at the age of 21, he is the youngest and the first Black member of the Chamber of Deputes in the history of the Czech Republic.

Dominik Feri
Feri in 2017
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
21 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996
Kadaň, Czech Republic
Political partyTOP 09
Alma materCharles University

Early life

Feri was born in Kadaň, northwestern Bohemia, and grew up in Teplice District. His mother is from eastern Bohemia, and Feri is also partly of Ethiopian origin.[1] From 2007 to 2015 he studied in a grammar school in Teplice. His first appearance in media was because of his public activities in Teplice.[1] In 2015 he became a student of Faculty of Law at the Charles University in Prague.

Political career

During the municipal elections in 2014 he was an independent candidate on the candidate list of liberal-conservative party TOP 09 to the Council of Representatives in Teplice, although he wasn't elected, he became a first deputy candidate for that office, despite of his young age. After the leader of the candidate list Petr Měsíc resigned, Feri took the office and became one of nine members of City Council, which is led by mayor Jaroslav Kubera. In May 2015 he entered TOP 09 Party.[1]

After the unsuccessful candidacy in 2016 Czech regional elections he was listed on the last place of the candidate list in District of Prague in 2017 Czech legislative election. On 21 October, he was elected to the office to the Chamber of Deputies. German magazine Die Welt considered Feri to be a successful and promising pro-European politician.[2]

In April 2019, Feri suffered a racist violent attack at a wine tasting event in Boršice, Moravia, during which the attackers shouted at him "niggers do not belong in politics." He was taken to hospital with minor injuries.[3][4]

Personal life

Feri plays accordion and piano.[1] He stated that his opinions are close to those of the Czech Pirate Party.[1]

References
  1. Aleš Horáček, Roman Nešetřil. Nejmladší radní: Považuji se za Čecha jak poleno, jen mám víc vlasů Zdroj (in Czech). idnes.cz. Mladá fronta DNES. Published on 14 November 2014.
  2. "Let's make Europe great again!". welt.de (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. von der Burchard, Hans. "Czech MP hospitalized following alleged racial attack". Politico. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. WELT (2019-04-21). "Dominik Feri: Tschechischer Parlamentarier nach rassistischem Angriff in Klinik". Retrieved 2019-04-22.
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