Jaroslav Bašta (born 15 May 1948) is a Czech politician and diplomat. He is a signatory of

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. Between 1998 and 2000 he served in the cabinet of

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. Bašta became the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Russia in September 2000. He served for five years in Russia, later becoming Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ukraine, where he worked for three years until stepping down due to health reasons in 2010. In 2021, he was elected to the

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for

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(SPD). On 10 September 2022, SPD announced it would nominate Bašta for the

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. He was also endorsed by the

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and the

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(DSSS). He finished fifth of eight candidates in the first round on 14 January 2023, with 4.45% of the vote.

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