Tomio Okamura Biography
Tomio Okamura is a Czech politician and businessman who founded the Dawn of Direct Democracy, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) parties. Since October 2013, he has served in the Czech Republic’s Chamber of Deputies, initially for Dawn of Direct Democracy and then for SPD since May 2015.
How old is Tomio Okamura? – Age
He is 50 years old as of 4 July 2022. He was born in 1972 in Tokyo, Japan.
Tomio Okamura Family
Helena Okamura, née Holková, a native of Moravian Wallachia, moved there in 1966 after marrying Matsu Okamura, Okamura’s half-Japanese, half-Korean father. Tomio Okamura was born in Japan and spent his first ten years of life there before his mother went to Czechoslovakia with her sons.
He spent part of his upbringing in a children’s home in Maov, Czech Republic, where he was tormented and forced to stutter until the age of 22. After finishing primary school, he went on to study chemistry.
Hayato Okamura, Okamura’s older brother, is an interpreter and translator who joined KDU
Tomio Okamura Siblings
-SL in 2015 and ran for the party in the 2017 legislative elections in Prague. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2021. His younger brother, Osamu Okamura [cs], is an architect and university professor.
Tomio Okamura Wife
He had a son named Ruy from his three-year marriage to a Japanese woman. Okamura, then 40, was thought to be seeing a 20-year-old Czech student in January 2012.
Tomio Okamura Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Tomio Okamura Books
He has written or co-written several books. In 2010, his book Tomio Okamura – esk sen (“Tomio Okamura – The Czech Dream”) was a top ten best-seller in the Czech Republic. His second book, Umn vládnout (“The Art of Governance”), was released in the spring of 2011. In 2012, he published Umn t (“The Art of Living”). Umn pmé demokracie (“The Art of Direct Democracy”) and Velká japonská kuchaka (“The Great Japanese Cookbook”) were published in 2013.
Tomio Okamura Movement of Freedom
Okamura created the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party in the Czech Chamber of Deputies in May 2015, a staunch Eurosceptic, anti-immigration, and pro-direct democracy party. The SPD is linked with the French National Rally through the European parliamentary alliance Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom. In the 2017 legislative elections, Okamura was re-elected as a delegate. The party finished fourth, with 22 seats.
Tomio Okamura Presidential
Okamura stated his intention to run for president in 2013 shortly after being elected to the Senate. Okamura’s campaign collected 61,500 signatures. However, the Ministry of Interior announced on November 23, 2012, that just 35,750 signatures could be recognized, and his candidacy was thus denied. He took his case to the Supreme Administrative Court, which found that the Ministry of Interior had made a mistake in calculating the signatures. Okamura requested that the Ministry recalculate the signatures individually rather than estimating them, but his request was denied.
In response to the verdict, Okamura declared it a “political decision” and questioned the judiciary’s independence. Okamura rejected the Constitutional Court’s ruling, calling it unfair and claiming that there was no way to seek justice in the Czech Republic.
Tomio Okamura Czech Senate
Okamura, formerly known as an advocate of direct democracy, launched his candidacy for the 2012 Czech Senate election as an independent candidate in Zln in June 2012. Okamura led the first round of the October election with 30% of the vote. Okamura won a run-off election against Stanislav Miák [cs], receiving 66% of the vote and earning a seat in the Senate on October 20, 2012.
In February 2013, Okamura was among a group of senators who signed a motion to charge President Vaclav Klaus with high treason in relation to the amnesty announced by Klaus upon the completion of his term. The Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court rejected the plan. Okamura also backed a constitutional change that would limit public officials’ lifetime immunity. His Senatorial term concluded when he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, following a year and six days in the Senate.