Marie Stiborová

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)
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

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.