Mikuláš Peksa (born 18 June 1986) is a Czech biophysicist and politician for
Volt Europa
Volt Europa (known mononymously as Volt) is a transnational pro-European and Federalisation of the European Union, federalist European political alliances, European political movement. It operates as a Pan-European identity, pan-European umbrell ...
. He was elected as a
Member of the European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
for the
Czech Pirate Party
The Czech Pirate Party ( ) often known simply as the Pirates (''Piráti'' ) is a Liberalism, liberal Progressivism, progressive List of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2009. The party was ...
in the
2019 election, and sat with the
Greens–European Free Alliance
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The group consists of European Green Party (EGP), part of the European Free Allianc ...
parliamentary group
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.
Early career
Peksa studied
biophysics
Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and populations ...
at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the
Charles University
Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...
in Prague, focusing on
nuclear magnetic resonance
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are disturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with a ...
, and worked as a researcher and a
software engineer
Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software applications. It involves applying engineering principles and computer programming expertise to develop ...
.
Political career
Pirate Party
Peksa joined the
Czech Pirate Party
The Czech Pirate Party ( ) often known simply as the Pirates (''Piráti'' ) is a Liberalism, liberal Progressivism, progressive List of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2009. The party was ...
in 2013. In the
2017 Czech legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 20 and 21 October 2017. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies were elected and Andrej Babiš of ANO, also the leader of the Andrej Babiš' ...
, he was elected a Member of the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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.
In the
2019 European election, he was elected as a
Member of the European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
along with
Marcel Kolaja and
Markéta Gregorová, and stood down as a deputy of the Czech Parliament on 6 June 2019. He joined the
Greens–European Free Alliance
The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of Green politics, green political parties.
The group consists of European Green Party (EGP), part of the European Free Allianc ...
parliamentary group
A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller politic ...
.
In the European Parliament, Peksa was a member of two
European Parliament committees:
the
European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is a Committees of the European Parliament, committee of the European Parliament. Its areas of responsibility relate to industry, especially technology-intensive manufacturing, information techno ...
, and the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee
Volt
On 17 March 2025, Peksa joined the pan-European party
Volt Czechia.
References
External links
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Mikuláš Peksaon Czech Pirate Party website
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Czech Pirate Party MEPs
Living people
MEPs for the Czech Republic 2019–2024
Czech Pirate Party MPs
1986 births
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2017–2021)
Politicians from Prague
Czech software engineers
Biophysicists
Charles University alumni
Scientists from Prague
Volt Europa politicians