Ludmila Jankovcová

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Ludmila Jankovcová (born August 8, 1897 in Kutná Hora as Ludmila Stračovská , † September 5, 1990 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak social democratic , later communist politician . From 1947 to 1963 she held various government functions, including as Minister of Industry and Food. After her engagement in the Prague Spring she was excluded from political office.

Life

Ludmila Stračovská, daughter of a carpenter , attended a business school and a business academy in Prague. In 1923 she was one of the first women in her country to graduate with a degree in engineering . From 1923 to 1939 she worked as a professor at the commercial academies in Košice , Teplice and Prague .

In 1922 Jankovcová joined the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party ( Czech Českoslovanská sociálně democická strana dělnická , ČSDSD). Later she was an advisor to the party leadership for industrial issues and a member of the party executive committee.

During the occupation of Czechoslovakia by German troops , she was active in the resistance together with her husband Wolfgang Jankovec , who was executed in December 1944 .

After the end of the war , Jankovcová was a member of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Czechoslovak Social Democracy from 1945 to 1948 ( Czech Československá sociální demokracie , ČSSD). She belonged to the left wing of the Social Democrats and supported Zdeněk Fierlinger's policy of close cooperation with the Communists. She supported the merger of the Social Democrats with the Communist Party (CPC) on June 27, 1948. From 1948 to 1969 she was a member of the Central Committee , from 1948 to 1963 she was also a candidate for the Presidium ( Politburo ) of the Central Committee of the CPC.

From November 1947 to February 1948 she was Minister of Industry, from February 1948 to December 1954 Minister for Nutrition and the Food Industry of Czechoslovakia. Jankovcová was the first woman to hold a ministerial office in Czechoslovakia. From 1954 to 1963 she served as Deputy Prime Minister. From 1946 to 1969 she was also a member of the Czechoslovak National Assembly.

On August 22, 1968, she took part in the CPC convention in the Vysočany district of Prague and condemned the Soviet invasion. Because of her attitude during the Prague Spring, she was expelled from the party in 1970. Jankovcová was later a co-signer of Charter 77 .

Honors

literature

  • B. Kvasil, M. Štěpánek (Eds.): Malá československá encyklopedie. Volume 2: D - Ch. Academia, Prague 1985, p. 16.
  • Josef Tomeš, Alena Léblová, Hana Aulická (eds.): Československý biografický slovník. Encyklopedický institut ČSAV et al., Prague 1992, ISBN 80-200-0443-2 , p. 268.

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personal data
SURNAME Jankovcová, Ludmila
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak politician, minister
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Kutná Hora
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 1990
Place of death Prague