Irena Kočí (born 17 September 1955) is a Czech politician and former member of the

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for

Czech Social Democratic Party Social Democracy (, SOCDEM), known as the Czech Social Democratic Party (, ČSSD) until 10 June 2023, is a social democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European ...

. She replaced Michal Pohanka, former member of the Chamber for

ČSSD Social Democracy (, SOCDEM), known as the Czech Social Democratic Party (, ČSSD) until 10 June 2023, is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on t ...

, who left the

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caucus and used to vote with the government parties. She took her

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exam at the secondary in

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and continued at an economic secondary school in

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. Kočí joined

in 1998. In 2008, she was elected to the Council of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koci, Irena 1955 births Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2006–2010) Czech Social Democratic Party MPs 20th-century Czech women politicians 21st-century Czech women politicians