Marie Stiborová (2 February 1950 – 13 February 2020) was a Czech university lecturer, politician, and a member of the Czech National Council and Chamber of Deputies.[2][3][4] She was also the candidate for the Communist Party (KSČM) in the 1993 presidential election.[5][6] She later became the leader of the reformist wing within KSČM and established the Left Bloc.[7]

Marie Stiborová
Member of Parliament for
Prague
In office
6 June 1992 – 6 June 1996
Personal details
Born(1950-02-02)2 February 1950
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Died13 February 2020(2020-02-13) (aged 70)[1]
Political partyCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Left Bloc
Alma materCharles University

Biography

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Stiborová was born in 1950. She studied Chemistry at Charles University and became a lecturer at the university. She joined the Communist Party in 1976 and became a member of Parliament in 1986. The Communist Party nominated her for the president of the Czech Republic in 1993.[8] She lost to Václav Havel.

Stiborová left the Communist Party in 1993 and established Left Bloc.[9] She left politics in 1997.

References

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  1. ^ 13. února 2020 odešla Marie Stiborová, významná mezinárodní vědkyně, nevšední a srdečná žena
  2. ^ "Osobnost: Marie Stiborová | Přijmeni.cz". www.prijmeni.cz. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Vesmír / Marie Stiborová". casopis.vesmir.cz. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Doc. RNDR. Marie Stiborová, CSC".
  5. ^ "1992 a 1993 - Volba prezidenta 2008 (Český rozhlas)". www.rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Před 15 lety se stal Václav Havel prvním českým prezidentem". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ^ "LEVÝ BLOK (LB)". Zpravodajstvi. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. ^ "PČR, PS 1993-1996, tisk 66". www.psp.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  9. ^ "2. 3. Vnitrostranické spory v KSČM v letech 1990-1993". www.sds.cz. Retrieved 14 February 2017.