Hana Kordová Marvanová (born 26 November 1962) is a Czech lawyer and politician, former Vice Chairwoman of the Chamber of Deputies of the

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. In 2018 she was elected to the

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City Council as a non-party member of the STAN movement (

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), and a Councillor and a Commissioner for Legislation, Public Administration and Housing Support. In 2014 she briefly served as the deputy to the Minister of Justice,

Helena Válková Helena Válková (born 7 January 1951) is a Czech politician, university professor, and lawyer, specialising in criminal law and criminology. From January 2014 until March 2015 she was the Czech Minister of Justice in the government of Bohuslav S ...

. From 1990 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2003 she was a member of the Czech Parliament in the Chamber of Deputies, representing initially the

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, later

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and the

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(US-DEU). From 2001 to 2002 she was the chairwoman of the US-DEU and in 2002 briefly a deputy Chairwoman of the Chamber of Deputies. She is the founder of several activist organizations and initiatives, eg., the Independent Peace Association or the Public Against Corruption initiative. Prior to 1989, during the communist regime, she was a

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and for several months prior to Czech

Velvet revolution The Velvet Revolution () or Gentle Revolution () was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Pa ...

also a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marvanova, Hana Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2002–2006) Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) MPs Freedom Union – Democratic Union MPs Leaders of the Freedom Union – Democratic Union 20th-century Czech women politicians 21st-century Czech women politicians 20th-century Czech lawyers 21st-century Czech lawyers Charles University alumni 1962 births Living people People from Rýmařov 20th-century Czech women lawyers 21st-century women lawyers