Marek Hilšer (born 23 March 1976) is a Czech politician and university lecturer who has served as the senator for

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since 2018. He also stood in the

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and 2023 Czech presidential elections.

Biography

Hilšer was born in

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in 1976. His family emigrated from

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in 1989 but returned in 1990. He studied Public Relations at

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and went to the United States in 1999, where he had jobs including working as a plumber and digger. He returned to the Czech Republic in 2004 and studied Medicine at Charles University. In 2007, he became a scientist at the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University. In 2008, Hilšer led protests against plans by

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Tomáš Julínek to turn

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s into joint-stock companies.

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later announced the plans would not be implemented. Hilšer also led protests against university reforms by Minister of Education Josef Dobeš in 2012, known as "a week of unrest". Hilšer announced his candidacy for the Czech presidency on 27 July 2016. He finished fifth of the nine candidates, with 8.83% of the vote. Hilšer then endorsed

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for the second round. In the

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, Hilšer successfully contested the

district, defeating incumbent Libor Michálek in the second round with 79.75% of the vote. Hilšer was a candidate in the 2023 Czech presidential election. He finished sixth of eight candidates in the first round on 14 January 2023, with 2.56% of the vote, and subsequently endorsed

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for the second round.

References

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