Danuše Nerudová, née Peslarová (born 4 January 1979) is a Czech economist and university professor. She was formerly the chair of the Commission for Fair Pensions and rector of

Mendel University Mendel University in Brno is located in Brno, Czech Republic. It was founded on 24 July 1919 on the basis of the former Tábor Academy. It now consists of five faculties and one institute - the Faculty of AgriSciences, Faculty of Forestry and ...

in Brno, both from 2018 to 2022. She was a candidate in the 2023 Czech presidential election, finished in third place in the first round vote.

Biography

Danuše Nerudová was born in Brno in 1979. She lives with her family in

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. She received her primary and secondary education at elementary and kindergarten in Brno's Svornosti Square and at Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše. She studied economic policy and administration at the Faculty of Operational Economics at Mendel University, completing her master's degree in 2002 and doctoral degree in 2005. From September 2007, she was the head of the Institute of Accounting and Taxation at Mendel University's Faculty of Business and Economics. She was also vice-dean of the faculty from 2009 to 2014, and was also briefly vice-rector of the university (2014–2015), the youngest holder of both of these positions in the university's history. Her research focuses on tax policy and the harmonization of taxes within the

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, as well as economic inequality between men and women, and the long-term sustainable financing of pension systems. In 2017, she became a professor in the field of economics at the

Prague University of Economics and Business The Prague University of Economics and Business (PUEB) (originally: ''the University of Economics, Prague''; '' cs, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, VŠE'') is a triple crown accredited economics and business-oriented public university loc ...

. On 1 February 2018, she was appointed by President

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as the 39th Rector of Mendel University, until 31 January 2022.

2023 Czech presidential election

On 31 May 2022, Nerudová announced her intention to run for President of the Czech Republic in the 2023 election. She was one of three candidates supported by the Spolu political alliance. She finished third of eight candidates in the first round on 14 January 2023, with 13.93% of the vote, and subsequently endorsed

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for the second round.

Personal life

She has been married since 2002 to lawyer Robert Neruda, with whom she has two sons Philip and Daniel.

References

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