Kateřina Konečná

Konečná was born in Nový Jičín in 1981. She comes from a communist family, and was introduced to politics when she was young by her parents. Her father, Karel Konečný, worked as secretary for agriculture in Nový Jičín before 1989.

Konečná graduated from Masaryk University's Department of Economics and Administration in 2003. In 2009 she received a degree in engineering from the University of Finance and Administration. In 2013, Konečná obtained a law degree from Masaryk University.

Konečná married businessman Zdenek Trefil on 17 August 2008. She gave birth to a son named Šimon on 22 October 2015.

In October 2025, Konečná disclosed in an interview for Rytmus života that she had been diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis twenty years ago.

In 2000, Konečná was a member of the five-member committee founding the Young Democrats party. In the 2002 Czech parliamentary election, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a non-party candidate for the Moravian-Silesian Region electoral district, becoming the youngest member of parliament. In 2005, she joined KSČM and was re-elected in the 2006 elections. Konečná held the post of vice-chairman of the foreign affairs committee and was also vice-chairman of the environment committee. Within KSČM, she managed the department of the environment and cross-cutting department of youth.

Konečná stood unsuccessfully for KSČM in the 2006 Czech municipal elections, for the Starý Jičín municipal council, but was elected to Nový Jičín city council in the 2010 elections. She defended her seat in 2014, 2018, and 2022.

Before the 10th KSČM congress in Nymburk on 21 April 2018, Konečná unsuccessfully challenged Vojtěch Filip as leader of the party. Konečná held the post of vice-president until April 2021, when she resigned and was replaced by Milan Krajča. On 23 October 2021, Konečná was elected the first chairwoman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, replacing the long-time chairman Vojtěch Filip.