The Communist regime disliked people who did their own thinking and made their own decisions
Petr Vrána was born on the 3rd of June of 1956 in Gottwaldov (today’s Zlín). He grew up in Uherský Brod. His mother’s shop with her handcrafted goods was confiscated in the 1950’s. Since his childhood, he supported the family budget by working various odd jobs. In 1968, he joined the Junák youth organisation, the Czech version of Boy Scouts. After having graduated from the high school in Uherský Brod, he was admitted to study mathematics and physics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the J. E. Purkyně University (today Masaryk University) in Brno. He spent his compulsory army service with the 22nd Paratroop Brigade in Prostějov. After having graduated from the university, he returned to the Uherský Brod high school as a teacher. During the Velvet Revolution, he became a member of the school’s strike organisation committee and later, he joined the Civic Forum. From March 1990, he was a summoned member of the city committee, later on, he sat on the city council. In 1990, he got elected to the city council for the Civic Forum. Between 1992 and 2008, he was the vice-head of the high school. In 2008, he was elected vice-mayor and he has been holding this seat until today.