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Lenka Bradáčová

Czech lawyer and public prosecutor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ12032924 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lenka Bradáčová (born 1 March 1973) is a Czech lawyer and prosecutor who is serving as the Prosecutor General of the Czech Republic since April 2025. She previously was the High State Attorney in Prague from 2012 to 2025.

Education and early career

Bradáčová attended grammar school in Roudnice nad Labem from 1988 to 1992. She then studied law at Charles University in Prague, graduating in 1998 with honors. She received the Karel Engliš Award from the university rector for being one of the best graduates in social sciences. In 2002, Bradáčová completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law, Charles University, specializing in Public Law.

Professional career

In 1998, she began legal training at the District Public Prosecutor's Office in Litoměřice. From March 2008 to April 2014, she served as president of the Union of Prosecutors of the Czech Republic. Bradáčová was the most influential woman of the Czech Republic in 2018 according to the Forbes magazine´s standings. On January 8, 2025, it was announced that Bradáčová will be the next Prosecutor General of the Czech Republic.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lenka Bradáčová” is czech lawyer and public prosecutor. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Lenka, Bradáčová and Czech, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973, 2025, 2012, 1988—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1973-03-01. For this dossier, Lenka, Bradáčová and Czech is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “czech lawyer and public prosecutor” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12032924. VIAF identifies the subject as 221180969. The Library of Congress control number is n2024039850. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973, 2025, 2012 and 1988.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lenka Bradáčová” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.