Marie Stiborová (2 February 1950 – 13 February 2020) was a Czech university lecturer, politician, and a member of the

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and

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. She was also the candidate for the

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(KSČM) in the 1993 presidential election. She later became the leader of the reformist wing within KSČM and established the Left Bloc.

Biography

Stiborová was born in 1950. She studied Chemistry at

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and became a lecturer at the university. She joined the

in 1976 and became a member of Parliament in 1986. The Communist Party nominated her for the president of the Czech Republic in 1993. She lost to

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

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