Markéta Fialková
Markéta Fialková (born March 27, 1956 in Prague ; † August 23, 2011 in Tirana ) was a Czech diplomat and former dissident .
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In March 1977, Fialková signed Charter 77 , a petition published in January of the same year against human rights violations by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia . As a result of her anti-government engagement, she was denied studies. Instead she made a living as a gardener and nurse.
After the Velvet Revolution , Fialková started working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990. In April 1990 she was appointed ambassador to Poland by President Václav Havel . She held this post for four years. She received the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for her services to Czech-Polish relations .
Fialková died in August 2011 at the age of 55 in the Czech embassy in Tirana, where she had been the Czech ambassador to Albania since September 2007 .
For the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe she was, among other things, election observer in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Georgia and Kosovo .
Web links
- Czech dissident and ambassador Fialkova dies , August 24, 2011, Europa Online Magazin
- Czech ambassador to Albania dies , August 25, 2011, Prague Daily Monitor
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fialková, Markéta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fialkova, Marketa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23 August 2011 |
| Place of death | Tirana |