Mikuláš Peksa
Mikuláš Peksa (born 18 June 1986 in Prague) is a Czech biophysicist, activist and Czech Pirate Party politician. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 election, and sits as a member of the Greens–European Free Alliance parliamentary group.
Mikuláš Peksa | |
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Peksa in 2021 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic | |
| In office 21 October 2017 – 6 June 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | František Navrkal |
| Fourth vice-chairman of the Czech Pirate Party | |
| In office 24 April 2017 – 5 November 2019 | |
| Chairman of the European Pirate Party | |
| Assumed office 11 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Markéta Gregorová |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1986 Prague, Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia) |
| Political party | Czech Republic: Czech Pirate Party EU Party: European Pirate Party EU Parliament group: Greens/EFA |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
Early career and the Czech Pirate Party edit
Peksa studied biophysics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague, focusing on nuclear magnetic resonance, and worked as a researcher and a software engineer.[1]
Peksa joined the Czech Pirate Party in 2013. In the 2017 Czech legislative election, he was elected a Member of the Chamber of Deputies.[2]
European Parliament edit
Election edit
In the 2019 European election, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament along with Marcel Kolaja and Markéta Gregorová.[3] Upon joining the European Parliament, he left his position of Deputy of the Czech Parliament on 6 June 2019.[4] He joined the Greens–European Free Alliance parliamentary group.
Committee assignments edit
Peksa is a member of the following European Parliament committees:[5]
- European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
- Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee
References edit
- ^ Mikuláš Peksa (in Czech) pirati.cz.
- ^ Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 20.10. – 21.10.2017 (in Czech). volby.cz
- ^ Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České republiky ve dnech 24.05. – 25.05.2019 (in Czech). volby.cz
- ^ "Pirát Peksa zvolený do europarlamentu se vzdal mandátu v české sněmovně. Nahradí ho analytik Navrkal". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ "Home | Mikuláš PEKSA | MEPs | European Parliament".
External links edit
- Media related to Mikuláš Peksa at Wikimedia Commons
- Mikuláš Peksa on Czech Pirate Party website