Dagmar Škodová Parmová

Formerly dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of South Bohemia, she has been Mayor of České Budějovice since 2022, the first woman in the post. She left the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and joined Naše Česko, a centre-right movement founded in 2026. She is named as a contender in the 2026 election for Mayor of České Budějovice.

Career

Škodová Parmová was born on 19 July 1977 in České Budějovice and works as an economist and sociologist. She was dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of South Bohemia from 2019 to 2023. She entered the city council in 2018 as an independent, joined the ODS and won a South Bohemian regional council seat in 2020. In October 2022 she became mayor of České Budějovice, the first woman to hold the office. Since 2023 she has also been a regional councillor and the region's representative in the EU Committee of the Regions, with a vice-presidency within her group there. She left the ODS in November 2025 and joined Naše Česko in April 2026.

Positions

Naše Česko, which she joined, was founded on 12 March 2026 by South Bohemian regional president Martin Kuba. Wikipedia describes it as centre-right and liberal-conservative, strongly pro-EU and pro-NATO, and says it wants a more conciliatory style of politics and a state that helps the vulnerable without handling everything. Critics call it ANO's B-team, which the movement rejects. Several former ODS figures, including her, moved to it.

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