Marie Stiborová

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)
Died	13 February 2020(2020-02-13) (aged 70)[1]
Political party	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Left Bloc
Alma mater	Charles University

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]

Biography

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

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. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2017.