Eva Decroix (née Štěpánková, born 26 May 1982) is a Czech businesswoman, lawyer and politician.
Eva Decroix | |
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| Vice-chairwoman of Civic Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 13 April 2024 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic | |
| Assumed office 9 October 2021 | |
| Representative of the Vysočina Region | |
| Assumed office 3 October 2020 | |
| Representative of the Vysočina Region | |
| In office 5 February 2020 – 24 September 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1982 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Civic Democratic Party |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Alma mater | Southern Brittany University University of Lille Charles University |
| Website | evadecroix |
Early life
editDecroix was born as Eva Štěpánková on 26 May 1982.[1] She runs a law firm in Jihlava and Prague and is dedicated to alternative methods of conflict resolution as a registered mediator.[2]
Political career
editIn 2016 Czech regional elections, Decroix ran for Civic Democratic Party as a representative of Vysočina Regional Representative, but was not elected.[3] She was only elected in the 2020 elections, originally being as the 12th candidate but ended in third place due to preferential votes.[4]
Decroix failed to run for Civic Democratic Party in the 2018 Czech municipal elections for the City Council of Jihlava.[5] With citizen democrat Petr Laštovička resigned from his mandate at the beginning of 2020, she became the new city representative.[6] In the 2022 municipal elections, Decroix ran for Jihlava council from the 14th place as a candidate of ODS and KDU-ČSL coalition, but was not elected.[7]
In the 2019 European Parliament election, Decroix ran as the sixth ODS candidate, but was unsuccessful and became the third alternate.[8]
During the 2021 Czech parliamentary election, Decroix finished second place as a member of Civic Democratic Party in the Vysočina Region.[9] In January 2022, she became a member of the Subcommittee for the Support of Democracy and Human Rights Abroad before serving as chairwoman the following year.[10]
At the 31st Civic Democratic Party congress in April 2024, Decroix was elected vice-president of the party, receiving 311 votes from 528 party delegates.[11]
Personal life
editDecroix is married to chef Rémy Decroix with two daughters.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Kdo je Eva Decroix? Životopis, zajímavosti, informace, biografie, politici". Superia.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Eva Decroix". Spolu Czech Republic (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané 2016 | Kraj Vysočina – ODS" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev krajů konané dne 2020 | Kraj Vysočina – ODS + STO" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí 2018 | Obec Jihlava" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Singr, Martin (28 January 2021). "Video: Náměstek Petr Laštovička v politice končí". Deník (in Czech). Jihlava: Vltave Labe Media. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Volby do zastupitelstev obcí konané 2022 | Obec Jihlava | Kandidátní listina ODS a KDU-ČSL" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České republiky ve dnech | Strana ODS" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Kandidátní listina pro: Kraj Vysočina". Spolu Czech Republic (in Czech). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 2021 | Všechny kraje – Strana Spolu" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Vedení ODS obhájilo mandát, novou místopředsedkyní je Decroix". České noviny (in Czech). 13 April 2024.
- ^ Perknerová, Kateřina (2 April 2019). "Manžel z Francie ji přemluvil k životu v ČR: Jsem dítě Evropy, říká Eva Decroix". Deník (in Czech). Vltave Labe Media. Retrieved 2 August 2021.