Adam Scheinherr

He has chaired the Prague party Praha sobě since March 2024 and has sat on the Prague city council since 2018, serving as deputy mayor for transport from 2018 to 2023. He is Praha sobě's candidate for Mayor of Prague in the 2026 municipal election.

Career

Scheinherr was born on 19 April 1987 in Strakonice. He studied mechanical engineering and physics in the Czech Republic and in France, at Aix Marseille II and the École Centrale de Marseille. He has been a Prague city councillor since 2018 and was deputy mayor for transport until 2023. In that office he backed reconstructing the Libeňský Bridge rather than demolishing it, advanced Metro Line D and the outer ring road, worked to cut advertising clutter and restricted traffic on Smetanovo Embankment in favour of pedestrians and cyclists. He became party chair in March 2024, and a January 2026 party congress put him forward for mayor under the slogan "Pro Prahu první poslední".

Positions

Praha sobě grew out of a 2017 initiative led by Jan Čižinský. Wikipedia says it describes itself as centrist, liberal and progressive, and as an alternative to the existing city hall establishment. After the 2018 election it formed a coalition with the Pirates and the Union of Forces for Prague, and it won 16.57 per cent in 2018 and 14.72 per cent in 2022.

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