Olga Richterová
Czech linguist, translator and politician
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Olga Richterová (born 21 January 1985)[1] is a Czech linguist and politician. She was the vice-chairwoman of the Czech Pirate Party from January 2018 to January 2022 and is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic since the 2017 parliamentary election.[2] Richterová was re-elected in the October 2021 Czech parliamentary election on a joint list of the Pirates and Mayors electoral alliance and became a vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.
Olga Richterová | |
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Richterová in 2023 | |
| Prague 10 Council member | |
| In office 11 October 2014 – 11 October 2018 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2017 | |
| 1st Vice-chairwoman of the Czech Pirate Party | |
| In office 6 January 2018 – 8 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Marcel Kolaja |
| Succeeded by | Vojtěch Pikal |
| Deputy President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 10 November 2021 – 8 October 2025 | |
| Vice-chairwoman of the Czech Pirate Party | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dominika Poživilová Michailidu |
| Leader of the Czech Pirate Party in the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Jakub Michálek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1985 |
| Party | Czech Pirate Party |
| Charles University | |
Life and career
Richterová was born on 21 January 1985 in České Budějovice in southern Bohemia and grew up in Choltice in the Pardubice Region.[3] She studied linguistics, English and German translation at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague.[4] Richterová joined the Czech Pirate Party in 2014 and served as a councillor in the Prague 10 district from 2014 to 2018. She was then elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 parliamentary election.[3] Her political agenda has focused on housing legislation, social policy and urban planning policy.[5] She serves as the vice-chairwoman of the parliamentary Committee on Social Policy from 19 December 2017.[2]
She was elected vice-chairwoman of the party in January 2018.[4] In January 2020, she was re-elected as party vice-chairwoman.[6] Richterová led the Pirates and Mayors electoral alliance in the Prague region in the October 2021 Czech parliamentary election[7] and was re-elected. Subsequently, she became a vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.[8]
Personal life
Richterová is a member of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren,[9] is married and has two children.
