Antonin Kalina
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Antonín Kalina (born June 15, 1870 in Deutschbrod , Bohemia , † December 17, 1922 in Prague ) was a Bohemian-Czech politician .
Together with Antonín Hajn and other combatants, he founded the radical progressive party in 1897. From 1901 he sat as a member of parliament and known as a spirited speaker in the state parliament and from 1907 on in the Reichsrat . After the merger of the Radical Progressive Party with the Radical Rule of Law Party in 1908, he led the coalition, the aim of which was the complete self-government of Bohemia. In his fiery speech in the Reichsrat in 1917, he called for the renewal of the Czech state without regard to the empire and the Austrian dynasty. During the war , this party refused to interfere or actively participate on the side of the Austrian monarchy. Kalina herself joined the Bohemian resistance.
After the establishment of Czechoslovakia he was elected a member of the National Assembly and from 1919 was the first Czechoslovak envoy in Yugoslavia .
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Antonín Kalina in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
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| SURNAME | Kalina, Antonín |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian-Czech politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deutschbrod |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1922 |
| Place of death | Prague |