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Markéta Pekarová Adamová
Czech politician (born 1984)
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.
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She 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. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013.[1] She defeated Tomáš Czernin in a TOP 09 leadership election on 24 November 2019, with 53% of the votes.[2]
During the parliamentary elections campaigne she was one of three leaders of the three-party Spolu coalition, along with Petr Fiala (ODS) and Marian Jurečka (KDU-ČSL).
On 10 November 2021 she was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic. She gained 102 from 122 votes, surpassing the 98 required.[3] On 20 November 2021, Pekarová Adamová was reelected in a TOP 09 leadership election as the only candidate, with 163 of 176 votes.[4]
On 9 March 2023 Adamová and Prime Minister Petr Fiala served for 14 hours as acting co-presidents, as the term of incumbent President Miloš Zeman had expired and the new president Petr Pavel was yet to be sworn in.[5]
On 11 November 2023, Pekarová Adamová was reelected in a TOP 09 leadership election as the only candidate, with 142 of 177 votes.[6]