Republican Party (WFAC)

Republican Party (Czech and Slovak: Republikánská strana, RS), is a conservative and agrarian political party in Czechoslovakia. Founded as a centre-right party representing big business and agriculture, today it espouses an social conservative and economically liberal pro-free market ideology. It is the major party of the centre-right in Czechoslovakia, and one of the two largest Czechoslovak political parties along with the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).

The party is seen as representing big business, the middle class and agriculture. Known for its emphasis on consensus politics and political compromise, non-socialist co-operation as an alternative to centre-left rule has always been one of RS's main aims. In the post-war era it formed the core of all centre-right governments, having led seven governments.

The leader of the RS, Miroslav Kalousek, was Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 2007 to 2013 and is the current leader of the opposition. The ČSL is a member of the Centrist Democrat International, International Democrat Union and European People's Party (EPP). The party is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democrat Union.