Liana Janáčková

Liana Janáčková
Mayor of Mariánské Hory a Hulváky
In office 1990 – 6 November 2006
Succeeded by	Radomír Michniak
In office 6 June 2007 – 5 November 2018
Preceded by	Radomír Michniak
Succeeded by	Patrik Hujdus
Senator from Ostrava
In office 23 November 1996 – 21 November 2004
Preceded by	Mirek Topolánek
Succeeded by	Antonín Maštalíř
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-17) 17 December 1953 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political party	Civic Forum Civic Democratic Party (1992–2004) Party of Free Citizens (2009) Independents (2014–2022)
Children	2
Alma mater	Brno University of Technology

Liana Janáčková (born 17 December 1953) is a Czech politician, former mayor of the Mariánské Hory a Hulváky district of Ostrava and a senator.

Biography

She studied at the Faculty of Architecture of Brno University of Technology, before working at Stavoprojekt Ostrava and Drupos Ostrava.

Political career

She became Mayor of Mariánské Hory a Hulváky in 1990 and joined the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). She left ODS in 2004. She was replaced by Radomír Michniak in 2006. She returned to the position in 2007.

In 2004, Janáčková was elected to the Senate as a nominee of the Party of Free Citizens. She left the party in 2009. She sought a second term in 2010 election but was defeated by Antonín Maštalíř. She also ran for Senate in 2016 but was defeated by Zdeněk Nytra.