Olga Richterová

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Olga Richterová
Richterová in 2021
Prague 10 Council member
In office
11 October 2014 – 11 October 2018
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
21 October 2017
Vice-chairwoman of the Czech Pirate Party
In office
6 January 2018 – 8 January 2022
Deputy President of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
10 November 2021
Personal details
Born (1985-01-21) 21 January 1985 (age 39)
České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Political partyCzech Pirate Party
Alma materCharles University

Olga Richterová (born 21 January 1985)[1] is a Czech linguist and politician. She was the vice-chairwoman of the Czech Pirate Party from January 2018 to January 2022 and is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since the 2017 legislative election.[2] Richterová was re-elected in the October 2021 Czech legislative election on a joint list of the Pirates and Mayors electoral alliance and became a vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.

Life and career[edit]

Richterová was born on 21 January 1985 in České Budějovice in southern Bohemia and grew up in Choltice in the Pardubice Region.[3] She studied linguistics, English and German translation at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague.[4] Richterová joined the Czech Pirate Party in 2014 and has been a council member of Prague 10 district in 2014 to 2018 prior to being elected Deputy of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the 2017 legislative election.[3] Her political agenda has been housing legislation, social policy and urban planning policy.[5] She serves as the vice-chairwoman of the parliamentary Committee on Social Policy from 19 December 2017.[2]

Richterová among party members at a press conference in July 2019

She was elected vice-chairwoman of the party in January 2018.[4] In January 2020, she was re-elected as party vice-chairwoman.[6] Richterová led the Pirates and Mayors electoral alliance in the Prague region in the October 2021 Czech legislative election[7] and was re-elected. Subsequently, she became a vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Richterová is a member of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren,[9] is married and has two children.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PhDr. Olga Richterová, Ph.D." (in Czech). Czech Pirate Party. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b PhDr. Olga Richterová, Ph.D.. psp.cz. Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.
  3. ^ a b Sattler, Robert (23 October 2017). "Historický milník. Piráti jsou první stranou, která bude mít ve sněmovně sourozence" (in Czech). Lidové noviny.
  4. ^ a b Kopecký, Josef (7 January 2018). "Slíbili jsme být hlídacími psy a snažíme se, říká místopředsedkyně Pirátů" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES.
  5. ^ Apolena Rychlíková. Bydlení je klíč. Rozhovor s Olgou Richterovou (in Czech). a2larm.cz 19.06.18
  6. ^ "Předsedou Pirátů opět Bartoš, místopředsedkyní Richterová". ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). 10 January 2020.
  7. ^ Kandidáti pro volby do poslanecké sněmovny 2021: Na koho strany vsadily v krajích?. e15.cz. 6. října 2021.
  8. ^ "V čele sněmovny usedla Pekarová Adamová. Jeden post místopředsedy se nepodařilo obsadit" (in Czech). ČT24. 10 November 2021.
  9. ^ Olga Richterová. ČEMU VĚŘÍM (in Czech). Respekt Blog. 7. 2. 2013.

External links[edit]

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