Katerina Demetrashvili
Katerina Demetrashvili | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2025 | |
| Constituency | Prague |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 2003 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Party | Czech Pirate Party (2024–) |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
Katerina Demetrashvili (born 5 April 2003)[1] is a Czech politician.[2] A member of the Czech Pirate Party, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2025 Czech parliamentary election.[3]
Biography
Demetrashvili was born in Texas to a Georgian family,[4] and has lived in the Czech Republic since she was a year old. Her father serves as a sniper in the Georgian Legion in the Russo-Ukrainian War.[5] She attended Charles University after graduating from the Music High School in Prague where she led the school parliament.[6] Demetrashvili is a law student and vice-chairwoman of Young Pirates. She is the youngest Pirate elected in the 2025 election.[5]
Controversies
In October 2025, Demetrashvili received media attention after the online publication of Twitter posts from 2020 and 2021, which included references to drug use and pornography.[7] She described the tweets as adolescent humour, and said she had never taken the drugs mentioned.[8]
In a television interview, Demetrashvili criticized Marek Benda for his 25 years of experience as a member of Chamber of Deputies,[9] saying "Who can political lizard Marek Benda possibly represent when he is so inexperienced and has been sitting in the Chamber of Deputies since he was 21?"[10] A spokesperson for the Civic Democratic Party responded that she should show "humility" given her young age at the time of her election. In the same interview, Demetrashvili described the Russian-Ukrainian war as a means of economic enrichment for the Czech Republic. Her position was criticized by former PM Jiří Paroubek and some foreign journalists.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ "Katerina Demetrashvili" (in Czech). Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "Katerina Demetrashvili - pirátský medailonek". Czech Pirate Party (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ^ Pitthardová, Veronika (2025-10-04). "Nejmladší pirátka míří do Sněmovny. Co chce prosadit kromě duševního zdraví?". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ^ ""პირველი ქართველი ქალი ჩეხეთის პარლამენტში - ვინ არის 22 წლის კატერინა დემეტრაშვილი, რომლის მამაც უკრაინაში სნაიპერია: ტრიუმფი არჩევნებში და ოჯახის ისტორია"" (in Georgian). MCM. 10 October 2025.
- ^ a b Povolná, Tereza (2025-10-01). "Táta je sniper na Ukrajině, o mé kandidatuře neví, říká pirátka Demetrashvili". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ^ "Lidé | Mladé Pirátstvo". Czech Pirate Party (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ^ Kučera, Vladimir (18 October 2025). "Pirátskou poslankyni Demetrashvili lustrují na síti kvůli starým příspěvkům o drogách a sexu". Domácí Politika (in Czech). Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Kučera, Matěj (17 October 2025). "Demetrashvili: Nepřekvapuje mě, že Motoristé kopou". Bold News (in Czech). AP Production News. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ "Interview ČT24 20. října". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Hrdlička, Jan (23 October 2025). "Pozdvižení kolem mladé pirátské poslankyně Demetrashvili: ještěr Benda, staré tweety i podpora". Echo24.cz (in Czech). Echo Media. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ "Jiří Paroubek: Poslankyně Pirátů - Na válce vyděláváme a je pro nás obohacením...". Parlamentní listy (in Czech). NAŠE MÉDIA. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Sedlák, Dušan (27 October 2025). "Spadla z oblakov. Ne Majka, ale Katia". iportal24.cz (in Slovak). POR-TA-NEWS. Retrieved 30 October 2025.