Czech architect and politician
Liana Janáčková (born 17 December 1953) is a Czech politician, former mayor of the Mariánské Hory a Hulváky district of Ostrava and a senator.
Biography
She studied at the Faculty of Architecture of Brno University of Technology, before working at Stavoprojekt Ostrava and Drupos Ostrava.
Political career
She became Mayor of Mariánské Hory a Hulváky in 1990 and joined the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). She left ODS in 2004. She was replaced by Radomír Michniak in 2006. She returned to the position in 2007.[1][2]
In 2004, Janáčková was elected to the Senate as a nominee of the Party of Free Citizens. She left the party in 2009. She sought a second term in 2010 election but was defeated by Antonín Maštalíř.[3][4][5] She also ran for Senate in 2016 but was defeated by Zdeněk Nytra.[6]
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