Jaroslava Moserová
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Jaroslava Moserová, MU Dr.Sc. (born 17 January 1930, Prague) was a Czech senator, ambassador, presidential candidate, doctor, and translator.
[edit] Biography
Moserová was originally a physician with a specialization in skin burns. Among others, she was a witness of the last hours of Jan Palach. She wrote a number of stories, screenplays, dramas, and translated some Czech books by Dick Francis. She entered into statesmanship in 1990 as chairwomen of the committee of science, education and culture. In 1991—1993, she was the ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Australia and New Zealand. From 1996—1999 she was vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Republic.
In 1999, she became president of the General Session of UNESCO. In 2003 she unsuccessfully candidate for president of the Czech Republic. French President Jacques Chirac honored her as an Officer of the Légion d'honneur.[citation needed] She died of cancer on 24 March 2006, in Prague at the age of 76.[1]
