Pavlína Springerová

She has been a city councillor since 2014 and mayor of Hradec Králové since November 2022, the first woman in that office. She is the HDK and TOP 09 coalition's candidate for mayor in the 2026 municipal elections, held on 10 October 2026.

Career

According to Czech Wikipedia, Springerová was born in 1977 in Hradec Králové. She studied history and civics at the University of Hradec Králové and political science at Palacký University in Olomouc, where she earned a doctorate. At the University of Hradec Králové she headed the political science department (2010-2012), was dean of the Faculty of Philosophy (2012-2019) and pro-rector for strategy and development (2019-2022). She has sat on the Hradec Králové city council since 2014 and in the Královéhradecký regional assembly since 2020. After the October 2022 municipal election, which ANO won, a five-party coalition took 21 of 37 council seats, and the council elected her mayor on 15 November 2022 with 20 votes.

Positions

Springerová leads HDK, which governs Hradec Králové in a coalition of HDK with TOP 09, ODS, the Pirates, Rozvíjíme Hradec and Změna pro Hradec with the Greens. Echo24 reported that the coalition described itself as democratic and non-populist, with ANO and SPD in opposition. Seznam Zprávy and Novinky have reported on her first term, including a city project to build over 200 flats. For 2026 HDK stands in a joint list with TOP 09, supported by Hradečtí Kantoři and independents, according to search reports.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Czech Wikipedia · ČT24 · Echo24