Czech political activist and university lecturer (born 1976)
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Marek Hilšer (born 23 March 1976) is a Czech politician and university lecturer who has been serving as the senator for Prague 2 since 2018. He also stood in the 2018 and 2023 Czech presidential elections.
Early life
Hilšer was born in Chomutov in 1976. His family emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1989 but returned in 1990. He studied Public Relations at Charles University and went to the United States in 1999, where he had jobs including working as a plumber and digger.[1] 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.[2]
Hilšer also led protests against university reforms by Minister of Education Josef Dobeš in 2012, known as "a week of unrest".[5]
Failed elections
Hilšer announced his candidacy for the Czech presidency on 27 July 2016.[6] He finished fifth of the nine candidates, with 8.83% of the vote.[7] Hilšer endorsed Jiří Drahoš for the second round.[8]
Hilšer was a candidate in the 2023 Czech presidential election.[10] He finished sixth of eight candidates in the first round on 14 January 2023, with 2.56% of the vote, and subsequently endorsed Petr Pavel for the second round.[11]
