Jana Michailidu | |
Office: | Deputy Chair of the Czech Pirate Party |
Term Start: | 18 January 2014 |
Term End: | 2 August 2014 |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1990 |
Birth Place: | Karviná, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) |
Party: | Czech Pirate Party (2012–2024) |
Alma Mater: | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague |
Jana Michailidu (born 18 October 1990) is a Czech politician of Greek origin.[1] From June to August 2014 she was acting chairwoman of the Czech Pirate Party. She was a member of the party's Republic Committee.[2]
In January 2022 she ran for the leadership of the Czech Pirate Party,[3] finishing fourth.[4]
Jana Michailidu was born in Karviná, in the north-east of the present-day Czech Republic. She is descended from Greeks who emigrated to Czechoslovakia after the fall of the Democratic Army of Greece in the Greek Civil War. She studied drug biotechnology at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague.
Michailidu ran unsuccessfully for the Czech Pirate Party in the 2013 Czech legislative election. In 2014, she participated in the leadership of the Young Pirates of Europe. Michailidu described herself as a "democratic communist".[5]
Following the November 2024 leadership election, Michailidu announced her departure from the party, citing political differences with the new leadership.[6]