Dr John Marek (born 24 December1940), is the leader of the Welsh political party Forward Wales. He has been member of the Welsh Assembly for Wrexham since 1999. Of Czech descent, he was the only Czech-speaking Member of the UK Parliament. December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... Forward Wales (or Cymru Ymlaen in Welsh) is a political party operating in Wales. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ... For other uses, see Wrexham (disambiguation). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...
He was elected as Labour PartyMember of Parliament for Wrexham in 1983 and served as a party spokesman on Treasury matters, although he was not offered a government post in 1997. As a supporter of devolution he chose to move to the Welsh Assembly in 1999, and stood down from Parliament in 2001. The Labour Party has, since the early twentieth century, been the principal left wing political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... For other uses, see Wrexham (disambiguation). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
In the Assembly he became increasingly known as a maverick. In 2001 he was elected as Deputy Presiding Officer against the candidate preferred by the Labour leadership. This move, and his frequent criticisms of the Labour-led Wrexham County Borough Council led to his deselection as the Labour Party's candidate for the Welsh Assembly elections of 1 May2003. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... For other uses, see Wrexham (disambiguation). ... A council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He then stood as a candidate for the John Marek Independent Party and defeated the official Labour Party candidate by 673 votes. The John Marek Independent Party (JMIP) is a political party in North Wales. ...
Later that year he formed a new political party called Forward Wales (Cymru Ymlaen). Forward Wales (or Cymru Ymlaen in Welsh) is a political party operating in Wales. ...
Marek later admitted the fabrication and acknowledged encountering the woman on duty but denied her assertion that he made sexual advances, according to the complaint and his attorney.
Marek, 27, was charged in the complaint with misconduct in office, a felony, and three misdemeanors: battery, criminal damage to property and obstructing an officer.
Marek "then changed his story," according to the complaint, said the woman sat in front on the way home and that after he escorted her inside her apartment, she fell asleep.
John Maynard Smith, evolutionary biologist, latterly Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex; born 6 January 1920, died 19 April 2004.
John Maynard Smith's contribution was in a different register to all the others.
Refusing to take the hint from the passing years, John Maynard Smith had carried on going into work every day, continuing his researches, taking his colleagues to the pub at lunchtime, inspiring his juniors with his kind and keen interest.
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