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The faces of municipal power
Unlike parliamentary deputies, senators, and ministers, Czech mayors come face to face with their voters every day. There are 6,245 mayors in this country, and we spoke with seven of them about what motivates them and what obstacles they face.

> Vladislav Raška (44): The Mayor, 24 hours a day
> Pavel Novotný (41): Nothing's impossible
> Alan Tomášek (37): Mayor from the mountains
> Tomáš Chalupa (31): Patriot from Prague 6
> Alexandra Merunková (52): Bringing the people back to the square
> Josef Zoser (56): Not resting on his laurels
> Stanislav Malík (56): Entangled by politics


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