Jitka Seitlová is a Czech politician for KDU-ČSL, a long-serving senator for the Přerov area and a Deputy President of the Senate.
Jitka Seitlová is a senator for KDU-ČSL who represented the Přerov electoral district, and a Deputy President of the Senate.[1][2] She first served in the Senate from 1996 to 2007 and again from 2014.[2] In 2007 she was elected deputy of the Public Defender of Rights. [2] Until the end of the previous term she was the longest-serving member of the upper chamber.[2] The next members in order of seniority, Senate Deputy President Jiří Oberfalzer and Tomáš Jirsa, deputy chair of the foreign affairs committee (both ODS), have sat in the Senate continuously since November 2004. [2]
She did not run in the 2026 Senate elections.[1] Her full service in the Senate ended on 10 October 2026.[2] In the second round of voting in the Přerov district, Jakub Navařík (ODS) won with 56.91 percent of the votes, and the runner-up, Petr Vrána (ANO), received 43.08 percent.[1] According to a statement from the Senate press office dated 19 October 2026, she is entitled to severance pay of about 1.1 million crowns as a Deputy President, which is due to be paid in January 2027.[2] The severance pay equals five times her last monthly salary, which was 219,300 crowns for a Deputy President of the Senate. [2]
Turnout in the second round was 23.03 percent. [1]
Sources
- ČT24: regiony — 17 October 2026
- Blesk.cz — 19 October 2026