{{Short description|Czech musician and politician (1946–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Petr Hannig | image = Petr Hannig 2015.JPG | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|1|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|1|21|1946|1|20|df=y}} | death_place = Prague, Czech Republic | citizenship = Czech Republic | alma_mater = Academy of Performing Arts in Prague | occupation = | party = Party of Common Sense | spouse = | children = | awards = | website = {{URL|http://www.petrhannig-rozumni.cz/}} | footnotes = }}

'''Petr Hannig''' (20 January 1946 – 21 January 2025) was a Czech singer, producer, politician and leader of the Party of Common Sense.<ref>{{cite web|title=Petr Hannig životopis|url=https://www.databazeknih.cz/zivotopis/petr-hannig-47019|website=Databazeknih.cz|accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>

In July 2017, he announced his candidacy for the president of the Czech Republic in the 2018 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dalším uchazečem o post prezidenta je producent Hannig|url=https://www.novinky.cz/domaci/443928-dalsim-uchazecem-o-post-prezidenta-je-producent-hannig.html|website=Novinky.cz|accessdate=4 November 2017|language=cs|publisher=Borgis}}</ref> Having finished seventh in the first round with 0.56% of the vote,<ref>{{cite web|title=Výsledky Petra Hanniga|url=https://volby.idnes.cz/?k=vysledky-prvni-kolo&t=8&o=5&kandidat=petr-hannig|website=iDNES.cz|accessdate=16 January 2018|language=cs|publisher=Mafra}}</ref> Hannig then endorsed Miloš Zeman for the second round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Topolánek podpořil Drahoše, Hannig Zemana. Hynek se rozhodne těsně před druhým kolem|url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/volby/mirek-topolanek-jiri-hynek-petr-hannig-vratislav-kulhanek_1801132000_ako|website=Czech Radio|accessdate=16 January 2018|date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

Hannig was a Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.osacr.cz/2017/10/17/predvolebni-pruzkum-chteji-ceske-politicke-strany-zavest-proti-rouhacsky-zakon/ |title=osacr.cz |access-date=11 April 2018 |archive-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505193211/http://www.osacr.cz/2017/10/17/predvolebni-pruzkum-chteji-ceske-politicke-strany-zavest-proti-rouhacsky-zakon/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He died in Prague on 21 January 2025, one day after his 79th birthday.<ref>{{cite news|last=Špulák|first=Jaroslav|url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/kultura-zemrel-petr-hannig-40505618|title=Zemřel Petr Hannig|website=Novinky.cz|language=cs|date=21 January 2025|access-date=21 January 2025|publisher=Borgis}}</ref>

==Election history==

{| class="wikitable" !width="180" rowspan="2"|Election !width="180" rowspan="2"| Candidate !width="200" colspan=3|First round result !width="200" colspan=3|Second round result |- !width="100"|Votes !width="100"|%Votes !Result !width="100"|Votes !width="100"|%Votes !Result |- ! 2018 | Petr Hannig | 29,228 | 0.56 | 8th place |colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | |- |}

==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=45em}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name| 3359232}} * {{discogs artist|Petr Hannig}}

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