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Anna Šabatová

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Anna Šabatová
Šabatová in 2001
Ombudsman of the Czech Republic
In office
18 February 2014 – 18 February 2020
Preceded byPavel Varvařovský [cs]
Succeeded byStanislav Křeček [cs]
Personal details
Born (1951-06-23) 23 June 1951 (age 73)
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Solidarity (2022–present)

Anna Šabatová (born 23 June 1951) is a Czech politician, and former ombudsman of the Czech Republic. She was a signatory to Charter 77 and its spokesperson in 1986. Šabatová was awarded the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 1998. She received the Czech Medal of Merit (First Grade) in 2002[1] and Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk III. Class in 2024.[2] In 2014, Šabatová was elected as the ombudsman of the Czech Republic, replacing Pavel Varvařovský.[3]

In October 2020, she ran for the Senate in Brno but lost in the second round.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "List of Honoured". hrad.cz. n.d. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. ^ "PŘEHLEDNĚ: Seznam všech vyznamenaných". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Šabatová to be new Ombudsman". Radio Prague. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Volby do Senátu Parlamentu ČR konané dne 2.10. – 3.10.2020". Czech Statistical Office. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.