Jiří Havelka

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Jiří Havelka (born July 25, 1892 in Orjol , Russia, † June 5, 1964 in Hostomice pod Brdy ) was a Czech and Czechoslovak lawyer and politician. In the late 1930s he headed the president's office and was a minister without portfolio. During the time of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , he was also Minister of Transport.

Life, political career

Havelka attended a grammar school in Prague and studied law here. After studying law, Havelka worked in the Ministry of Railways. From 1933 he was on the board of the Supreme Administrative Court in Prague. Here he met Emil Hácha, who appointed him head of the presidential office after he took office in 1938. Havelka held the following ministerial posts:

From January 27, 1939 to February 3, 1940 he was Deputy Prime Minister of the Protectorate. As a member of both Protectorate Governments, Havelka represented them in negotiations with Reich Protector KH Frank and prevented a number of laws that were proposed by KH Frank - including laws that concerned the originality of the Czech nation and - at least in the early days - also some anti-Jewish laws. During this time, Havelka kept in contact with the domestic and foreign resistance . Jiří Havelka was increasingly criticized by the protectorate authorities because of his contacts with the resistance, until the Reich Protector ordered him to be dismissed from the government in April 1941. After Heydrich's arrival in Prague, Havelka - together with Alois Eliáš - was arrested on November 15, 1941, he lost his post and was placed under house arrest until the end of the war.

In January 1947 he was charged with collaboration in a so-called retribution court, but was acquitted. Nevertheless, he had to leave Prague with his family and lived in Hostomice pod Brdy, where he also died.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c prof. JUDr Jiří Havelka (1892 - 1964) , CV of the PROSTOR portal - architektura, interiér, design , based on Martin Hodný (ed.): Českoslovenští politici 1918/1991, Praha 1991 (biographical lexicon), online at: prostor-ad.cz / ...
  2. ↑ Vláda Rudolfa Berana (December 1, 1938 - March 15, 1939) (overview of the members of the government), website of the government of the Czech Republic, online at: vlada.cz / ...
  3. ↑ Vláda Rudolfa Berana (March 16, 1939 - April 27, 1939) (overview of the members of the government), website of the government of the Czech Republic, online at: vlada.cz / ...
  4. ↑ Vláda Aloise Eliáše (April 27, 1939 - January 19, 1942) (overview of government members), website of the government of the Czech Republic, online at: vlada.cz / ...
  5. ↑ a b Vasek Vašák and Alžběta Vašáková: Jiří Havelka: Protektorátní ministr, který se bil za česká práva. Komunisté mu za to ničili život , article on Portl reflex.cz, July 25, 2019, online at: reflex.cz / ...
  6. ↑ History Úřadu vlády České republiky od roku 1918. Mnichov a druhá světová válka 1938-1945 , History of the Office of the Government, website of the Government of the Czech Republic, About the situation in Czechoslovakia after the Munich Agreement, online at: www.vlada. cz / ... (full text as PDF on vlada.cz/.../pdf )

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personal data
SURNAME Havelka, Jiří
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak politician and minister
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Oryol
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 1964
Place of death Hostomice pod Brdy