Markéta Pekarová Adamová

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Markéta Pekarová Adamová
MP
Pekarová Adamová in 2021
President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
Assumed office
10 November 2021
Preceded byRadek Vondráček
Leader of TOP 09
Assumed office
24 November 2019
Preceded byJiří Pospíšil
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
26 October 2013
Personal details
Born (1984-10-02) 2 October 1984 (age 39)
Litomyšl, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political partyTOP 09
Spouse
Tomáš Pekara
​
(m. 2016)​
Alma materCharles University, Czech Technical University in Prague
Websitewww.marketaadamova.cz

Markéta Pekarová Adamová (born 2 October 1984) is a Czech politician who is the President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2021 and leader of TOP 09 since 2019. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013.[1]

Early life and education

Pekarová Adamová graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague in 2008, and an engineer title from the Czech Technical University in Prague in 2011.[2]

Political career

Early political career

Pekarová Adamová joined newly-created political party TOP 09 in 2009. A year later, in the municipal elections, she was elected to the Municipal Council of Prague 8 and subsequently to the Council of the City for Prague 8, responsible for social affairs, drug prevention and European funds.[3] She also ran in the city-wide municipal elections, but was not elected.[4]

In the 2013 parliamentary election, Pekarová Adamová was elected as a TOP 09 candidate from sixth place on the candidate list in Prague.[5]

In the 2014 municipal elections, she defended the post of representative of the Municipal District of Prague 8 for TOP 09.[6]

At the fourth National Assembly of TOP 09 in November 2015 in Prague, she was elected vice-president of the party.[7]

In the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, Pekarová Adamová ran from the second place on the Prague candidate list for TOP 09, and defended her mandate.[8] At the end of November 2017, she was elected first vice-president of TOP 09, defeating Lukáš Otys [cs].[9]

At the end of August 2019, Pekarová Adamová announced that she would run for the position of party chair at the TOP 09 autumn conference.[10] On 24 November, Pekarová Adamová was elected president of TOP 09, defeating senator Tomáš Czernin [cs].[11]

TOP 09 Leadership

On 10 November 2021, Pekarová Adamová was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic with 102 votes.[12] On 20 November 2021, she was reelected in a TOP 09 leadership election as the only candidate, with 163 of 176 votes.[13]

On 9 March 2023, Pekarová Adamová and Prime Minister Petr Fiala served for 14 hours as acting co-presidents, as the term President Miloš Zeman had expired and new president Petr Pavel was yet to be sworn in.[14] On 11 November, she was re-elected in a TOP 09 leadership election as the only candidate, with 142 of 177 votes.[15]

Political positions

On 23 May 2020, Pekarová Adamová supported a joint statement by Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček, Culture Minister Lubomír Zaorálek and former Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg condemning the planned Israeli annexation of Jerusalem.[16] She said that "Israel is our ally and friend, and constructive criticism is appropriate in such relations".[16] In December 2023, Pekarová Adamová and Miloš Vystrčil flew to Israel to express moral and political support for Israel in the war with Hamas.[17]

In June 2020, Pekarová Adamová expressed opposition to mandatory quotas for the redistribution of migrants within the European Union, arguing for the acceptance of refugees on a voluntary basis, and criticised the government of Andrej Babiš for "refusing to help our partners from the EU with the acceptance of even a few dozen orphans."[18]

In November 2020, Pekarová Adamová welcomed Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the United States presidential election, declaring that the departure of Donald Trump would be the best news for the US.[19] Ahead of the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, she expressed her wish for voters to reject Viktor Orbán.[20]

Having previously opposed same-sex marriage,[21] Pekarová Adamová subsequently shifted her position, and was among a group of MPs proposing a legislative change to allow same-sex couples to marry.[22]

Personal life

Pekarová Adamová is bilingual in Czech and English.[2] She has been married to Slovak IT specialist Tomáš Pekára since 2016.[23] Her religion is Roman Catholic[24]

References

  1. ^ "Kalousek sází na ženy. Do vedení TOP 09 se dostaly Adamová i Chalánková". Mladá fronta Dnes. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Ing. Markéta Pekarová Adamová". TOP 09 (in Czech). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Ing. Markéta Pekarová Adamová". TOP 09 (in Czech). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2010 | Obec Praha hl.m" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 25.10. – 26.10.2013" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí | Obec Praha 8" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. ^ Stuchlíková, Lucie; Klang, Mikuláš (29 November 2015). "Miroslav Kalousek se stal šéfem TOP 09, strana má v nově zvoleném vedení padesát procent žen". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech).
  8. ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 20.10 – 21.10.2017" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. ^ Kopecký, Josef (26 November 2017). "Pospíšil vede TOP 09. Varoval před Babišem a putinovským Ruskem". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech).
  10. ^ "Pospíšil nebude na podzim obhajovat post předsedy TOP 09. Kandidovat chce Pekarová Adamová". Czech Radio (in Czech). 27 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Navzdory Kalouskovi. Novou předsedkyní TOP 09 je Pekarová Adamová". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 25 November 2019.
  12. ^ Jeřábková, Dominika. "Novou předsedkyní Sněmovny se stala Pekarová Adamová". Novinky.cz. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  13. ^ Kopecký, Josef (20 November 2021). "Pekarová obhájila post šéfky TOP 09. Chce pomoci Bělorusům svrhnout diktárora". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Miloš Zeman skončil. Česko je půl dne bez prezidenta". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 10 July 2023.
  15. ^ Machová, Martina (11 November 2023). "TOP 09 dál povede Pekarová Adamová, sekundovat jí nově bude Válek". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  16. ^ a b Martinek, Jan (25 May 2022). "Kritický článek tří ministrů zahraničí o Izraeli vyvolal v Česku politickou přestřelku". Novinky.cz (in Czech).
  17. ^ "Pekarová Adamová a Vystrčil jsou v Izraeli. Navštíví raněné a vyjádří politickou i morální podporu". Czech Radio (in Czech). 4 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Brusel znovu chystá povinné kvóty běženců. Česko proti". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 9 June 2020.
  19. ^ Fořtová, Klára (7 November 2020). "Politici gratulují Bidenovi, Plaga chce Trumpovy tweety do mediální výchovy". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague: Mafra.
  20. ^ Sloupová, Miroslava (10 January 2022). "Vyžeňte Orbána, vyzvala Maďary šéfka české Sněmovny. Klaus žádá její konec". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Byť jsem katolička, stejnopohlavní manželství podpořím, říká Pekarová Adamová". WS (in Czech). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Poslanci dali zelenou manželství pro všechny. Dále jde i ústavní ochrana svazku muže a ženy". Czech Radio (in Czech). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  23. ^ Stěhulová, Petra (4 May 2016). "Kráska z Topky Adamová se vdala: Vzala si cizince, Kalouska na svatbě nechtěla". Expres (in Czech). Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  24. ^ "Byť jsem katolička, stejnopohlavní manželství podpořím, říká Pekarová Adamová". Deník N (in Czech). 29 April 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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