Markéta Pekarová Adamová (born 2 October 1984) is a

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politician who is the President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2021 and leader of

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since 2019. She has been a member of the

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since 2013.

Early life and education

Pekarová Adamová was born on 2 October 1984 in

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(now the

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). She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the

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in 2008, and a master's degree from the

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in 2011.

Political career

Early political career

Pekarová Adamová joined newly-created political party

in 2009. A year later, in the municipal elections, she was elected to the Municipal Council of Prague 8 and subsequently to the Council of the City for Prague 8, responsible for social affairs, drug prevention and European funds. She also ran in the city-wide municipal elections, but was not elected. In the 2013 parliamentary election, Pekarová Adamová was elected as a TOP 09 candidate from sixth place on the candidate list in Prague. In the 2014 municipal elections, she defended the post of representative of the Municipal District of Prague 8 for TOP 09. At the fourth National Assembly of TOP 09 in November 2015 in Prague, she was elected vice-president of the party. In the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, Pekarová Adamová ran from the second place on the Prague candidate list for TOP 09, and defended her mandate. At the end of November 2017, she was elected first vice-president of TOP 09, defeating . At the end of August 2019, Pekarová Adamová announced that she would run for the position of party chair at the TOP 09 autumn conference. On 24 November, Pekarová Adamová was elected president of TOP 09, defeating senator .

TOP 09 Leadership

On 10 November 2021, Pekarová Adamová was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic with 102 votes. On 20 November 2021, she was reelected in a TOP 09 leadership election as the only candidate, with 163 of 176 votes. On 9 March 2023, Pekarová Adamová and Prime Minister

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served for 14 hours as acting co-presidents, as the term President

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had expired and new president

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was yet to be sworn in. On 11 November, she was re-elected in a TOP 09 leadership election as the only candidate, with 142 of 177 votes. On 18 February 2025, Pekarová Adamová announced on Twitter that she would not be standing in the

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, due to health problems. She also offered to step down as leader of TOP 09, but the party board supported her to remain as leader until the end of her mandate in November.

Political positions

On 23 May 2020, Pekarová Adamová supported a joint statement by Foreign Minister

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, Culture Minister

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and former Foreign Minister

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condemning the planned

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. She said that "Israel is our ally and friend, and constructive criticism is appropriate in such relations". In December 2023, Pekarová Adamová and

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flew to Israel to express moral and political support for Israel in the

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. In June 2020, Pekarová Adamová expressed opposition to mandatory quotas for the redistribution of migrants within the

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, arguing for the acceptance of refugees on a voluntary basis, and criticised the government of Andrej Babiš for "refusing to help our partners from the EU with the acceptance of even a few dozen orphans." In November 2020, Pekarová Adamová welcomed Democrat

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's victory in the

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, declaring that the departure of

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would be the best news for the US. Ahead of the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, she expressed her wish for voters to reject

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. Having previously opposed same-sex marriage, Pekarová Adamová subsequently shifted her position, and was among a group of MPs proposing a legislative change to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Personal life

Pekarová Adamová is bilingual in Czech and English. She has been married to Slovak IT specialist Tomáš Pekára since 2016. Her religion is

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Awards

*Markéta Pekarová Adamová received a Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star for services to the Republic of Austria.

References

External links

Profile on the website of TOP 09Profile on the website of Parliament
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