Olga Richterová (born 21 January 1985) is a Czech linguist and politician. She was the vice-chairwoman of the

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from January 2018 to January 2022 and is a member of the

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since the 2017 legislative election.PhDr. Olga Richterová, Ph.D.
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. Richterová was re-elected in the October

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on a joint list of the

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and became a vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.

Life and career

Richterová was born on 21 January 1985 in

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in southern

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and grew up in

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in the Pardubice Region. She studied linguistics, English and German translation at the

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Charles University ) , image_name = Carolinum_Logo.svg , image_size = 200px , established = , type = Public, Ancient , budget = 8.9 billion CZK , rector = Milena Králíčková , faculty = 4,057 , administrative_staff = 4,026 , students = 51,438 , undergr ...

in Prague. Richterová joined the

in 2014 and has been a council member of

Prague 10 Prague 10 is both a municipal and administrative district in Prague, Czech Republic with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Twin towns *Ballerup, Denmark *Prešov, Slovakia *Nyíregyháza, Hungary *Jasło, Poland Neighbourhood (cadastral communities) ...

district in 2014 to 2018 prior to being elected Deputy of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the 2017 legislative election. Her political agenda has been housing legislation,

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and

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policy. She serves as the vice-chairwoman of the parliamentary Committee on Social Policy from 19 December 2017. Czech Pirate Party press conference 9 July 2019

Czech Pirate Party press conference 9 July 2019

She was elected vice-chairwoman of the party in January 2018. In January 2020, she was re-elected as party vice-chairwoman. Richterová led the

in the Prague region in the October

and was re-elected. Subsequently, she became a vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.

Personal life

Richterová is a member of the

Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB) ( cs, Českobratrská církev evangelická; ČCE) is the largest Czech Protestant church and the second-largest church in the Czech Republic after the Catholic Church. It was formed in 1918 in Czec ...

,Olga Richterová
ČEMU VĚŘÍM
(in Czech). ''

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'' Blog. 7. 2. 2013. is married and has two children.

References

External links

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