Antonín Zápotocký
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| Antonín Zápotocký | |
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President of Czechoslovakia
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| In office 21 March 1953 – 13 November 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Klement Gottwald |
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| Succeeded by | Antonín Novotný |
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Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
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| In office 15 June 1948 – 14 March 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Klement Gottwald |
| Succeeded by | Viliam Široký |
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| Born | 19 December 1884 Zákolany (near Kladno), Austria Hungary |
| Died | 13 November 1957 (aged 72) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Zápotocká |
Antonín Zápotocký (19 December 1884 – 13 November 1957) was communist Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953 and President of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957.
He was born in Zákolany, near Kladno, Bohemia (then in Austria-Hungary, now in the Czech Republic). His father was Ladislav Zápotocký, one of the founders of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), together with Josef Boleslav Pecka-Strahovský and Josef Hybeš.
He was a delegate of the Left Wing of the ČSSD to the Second Comintern Congress, held in Petrograd, 19 July – 7 August 1920. Together with Bohumír Šmeral, he co-founded the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) when it broke away from the ČSSD in 1921. He was General Secretary of the KSČ from 1922 to 1925. In 1940, he was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, in which he became a Kapo. He was released in 1945, but the Netherlands demanded his extradition on the suspicions of his participation in executions of Dutch citizens.[1]
From June 18 to July 18, 1946 he was President of the Constituent National Assembly.
Zápotocký became Prime Minister on 15 June 1948, replacing Klement Gottwald, who became President. On 14 March 1953, shortly after his return from Stalin's funeral, Gottwald died, and was succeeded as President by his Prime Minister. Zápotocký stayed in office till his death in Prague in 1957.
[edit] External links
- Biography
- H. Gordon Skilling, "The Formation of a Communist Party in Czechoslovakia", American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Oct., 1955), p. 346-358 doi:10.2307/3000944
- H. Gordon Skilling, "The Comintern and Czechoslovak Communism: 1921-1929", American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr., 1960), p. 234-247 doi:10.2307/3004193
[edit] References
- ^ Drda, Adam (4 May 2005). "Počet čs. obětí nacistického teroru nelze přesně určit". BBC Czech. http://www.bbc.co.uk/czech/domesticnews/story/2005/05/050504_cz_war_prisoners_pckg.shtml.
| Preceded by Klement Gottwald |
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1948–1953 |
Succeeded by Viliam Široký |
| Preceded by Klement Gottwald |
President of Czechoslovakia 1953–1957 |
Succeeded by Antonín Novotný |
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