Adriana Krnáčová


Adriana Krnáčová is a Czech businesswoman and a politician. She was the mayor of Prague since November 2014 until November 2018 and was the first woman to serve in this position.
Prior to becoming Mayor of Prague, Krnáčová was head of the Czech branch of Transparency International, and was also briefly Deputy Interior Minister for Public Administration in the Government of the Czech Republic.

Mayor of Prague

Krnáčová was elected Mayor as a representative of the ANO 2011 party, which was founded and is currently led by Andrej Babiš. In the 2014 local election, ANO 2011 won 22.1% of the vote, electing 17 councillors, while Krnáčová herself won 1.63% of the vote. She replaced Tomáš Hudeček who had been mayor since 20 June 2013.
In the 2018 Prague municipal election, she declined to run for a seat in the Municipal Assembly and was succeeded as mayor by the Pirate Party candidate Zdeněk Hřib.

Personal life

Krnáčová is of Slovak origin. She is divorced with three children.