Martin Mejstřík (born 30 May 1962) is a Czech politician and human rights activist.
Martin Mejstřík | |
|---|---|
| Senator from Prague 1 | |
| In office 2 November 2002 – 2 November 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Václav Fischer |
| Succeeded by | Zdeněk Schwarz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1962 Kolín, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
Biography
Mejstřík is notable for his role as a student leader during the Velvet Revolution that led to the ousting of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia in November 1989.[1] He served as a Senator in the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic from 2002 to 2008, representing Prague 1 as an independent, and was a member of the Senate Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions.
Mejstřík is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism (and the co-organizer, with Jana Hybášková, of its preceding conference)[2] and the Declaration on Crimes of Communism. He was also one of the politicians proposing the creation of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. In 2007, he proposed a ban on "communist and all totalitarian propaganda and symbols".[3]