TOP 09 Presidency
The Presidency is the statutory body of the party, it consists of the honorary chairman, the chair of the party, the first vice-chair, up to four vice-chairs, and up to nine members of the party's presidency, also the chairs of factions in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senat, the head of national delegation to the EPP Group in EP and the chair of TOP 09 Mayors' Club, if they are members of the party.
Karel Schwarzenberg
Honorary Chairman of TOP 09
Karel Schwarzenberg was born on December 10, 1937 in Praha-Bubeneč as the oldest son of Karel Schwarzenberg and his wife Antonie. In December 1948 they had to leave the Republic and stay abroad. He was studying law in Vienna and Graz and forestry in Munich. Because of the premature death of his adoptive father Henry Schwarzenberg, he had to stop his studies and start to manage the family businesses on their estates in Austria and Bavaria. Karel Schwarzenberg is a co-founder of TOP 09 and a Member of the Parliament for this party. Until 2015 he was Chairman of TOP 09 and since then he holds the post of honorary Chairman.
Markéta Pekarová Adamová
Chairwoman of TOP 09
Markéta Pekarová Adamová was born on October 2, 1984 in Litomyšl. After graduation she started to study at the Faculty of Arts at the Charles University where she finished her bachelor degree in Andragogy and Personal Management In 2008. In her bachelor thesis she was dealing with a topic 'Employability of the Disabled'. In 2009 she started to study Economy and Management in Industry at the Czech Technical University in Prague. She is a Member of the Parliament and the First Vice-Chairwoman of TOP 09.
Tomáš Czernin
First Vice-Chairman of TOP 09
Tomáš Czernin was born on March 4, 1962 in Plzeň. He graduated at Czech Technical University in Prague in 1987, his field of study was Transport Structures. Mr. Czernin works as the Vice-mayor in Dymokury since 2014 and he is a senator since 2016.
Jan Jakob
Vice-Chairman of TOP 09, Chairman of TOP 09 Faction in the Chamber of Deputies
Michal Kučera
Vice-Chairman of TOP 09
Michal Kučera was born in 1968, he lives in Louny. He graduated at the Faculty of Mining of the Mining University in Ostrava.
Herbert Pavera
Vice-Chairman of TOP 09
Vlastimil Válek
Vice-Chairman of TOP 09
Other Members of Presidency
Radovan Auer, Jiří Blažek, Martin Chroust, Ondřej Kolář, Jakub Lepš, Lukáš Řádek, Michal Vozobule, Luděk Niedermayer - Head of National Delegation to the EPP Group in EP, Pavel Janda - Chairman of TOP 09 Mayors' Club
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