MP Anna Zaborska Dies Aged 77

Bratislava, 21 August (TASR) - MP Anna Zaborska died at the age of 77 on Wednesday (20 August), the Christian Union (KU) party has announced on a social network. Zaborska was born on 7 June 1948 in Zurich, Switzerland. She graduated from the Medical Faculty of Martin-based Comenius University. After 1989, she was actively engaged in establishing Christian Democratic (KDH) clubs. In 1993, she became the KDH chair in Prievidza (Trencin region) and also a member of the KDH Republican Council. She was the KDH vice-chair for foreign policy in 1999-2000 and a member of the KDH presidium between 2001 and 2003. She served as an MP for KDH between 1998 and 2004 and an MEP between 2004 and 2019. She quit KDH in 2019 to found a new conservative Christian Union party together with Branislav Skripek. She ran on a joint slate of parties and movements under the name 'OLANO and Friends' in the 2023 general election. As a politician, Zaborska advocated the protection of life and family. She was a co-founder of the Forum of Life and a long-term active member of its presidium. She was the president of the Slovak Society for Family and the patron of the Let's Save Lives project helping pregnant women in need and their children. ko