Adriana Krnáčová Explained

Adriana Krnáčová
Office:Mayor of Prague
Term Start:26 November 2014
Term End:15 November 2018
Predecessor:Tomáš Hudeček
Successor:Zdeněk Hřib
Birth Date:26 September 1960
Birth Place:Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Party:Non-partisan; nominated by ANO 2011
Occupation:Politician
Alma Mater:Comenius University

Adriana Krnáčová (born 26 September 1960)[1] is a Czech businesswoman and a politician. She was the mayor of Prague from November 2014 until November 2018, becoming the first woman to serve in this position.[2]

Prior to becoming Mayor of Prague, Krnáčová was head of the Czech branch of Transparency International, and was also briefly Deputy Interior Minister for Public Administration in the Government of the Czech Republic.[3]

Mayor of Prague

Krnáčová was elected Mayor as a representative of the ANO 2011 party, which was founded and is currently led by Andrej Babiš. In the 2014 local election, ANO 2011 won 22.1% of the vote, electing 17 councillors (out of 65), while Krnáčová herself won 1.63% of the vote.[4] She replaced Tomáš Hudeček who had been mayor since 20 June 2013.

In the 2018 Prague municipal election, she declined to run for a seat in the Municipal Assembly[5] and was succeeded as mayor by the Pirate Party candidate Zdeněk Hřib.

Personal life

Krnáčová is of Slovak origin.[6] She is divorced with three children.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adriana Krnáčová: můj životopis. ANO 2011. Czech. 26 November 2016.
  2. Web site: V čele Prahy poprvé stojí žena, zastupitelé zvolili Krnáčovou . cs . 26 November 2014. MAFRA. 18 May 2015.
  3. News: Scrub lady: Ex-Transparency International activist Adriana Krnacova is Prague's new mayor. Critics wonder if she is up to the job. The Economist. 18 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2014. cs. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804110254/https://www.novinky.cz/volby/volby-do-zastupitelstev-obci/hlavni-mesto-praha/praha. 4 August 2018. dead.
  5. Web site: Krnáčová sekla s kariérou primátorky po návštěvě New Yorku, byl tam nepořádek a kolony. E15.cz . 3 May 2018 . CZECH NEWS CENTER a.s. . 15 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Adriana Krnáčová: Můj příběh. anobudelip.cz. ANO 2011. cs. 26 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161127022451/https://www.anobudelip.cz/cs/makame/aktuality/novinky/adriana-krnacova-muj-pribeh-17790.shtml. 27 November 2016. dead.
  7. Web site: Adriana Krnáčová, M.A., MBA. Ministry of the Interior. 8 February 2014.