Antonín Zápotocký government

The Czechoslovak government, Antonín Zápotocký , led by Prime Minister Antonín Zápotocký , was in office from June 15, 1948 to March 21, 1953. The political show trials in Czechoslovakia began during their term of office . It followed the Klement Gottwald II government and was replaced by the Viliam Široký I government .

Government formation, program

The government was formed after the parliamentary elections in 1948 and was given the task of consolidating the communist regime. During the term of office it came to the preparation and implementation of the political show trials, which culminated in the Slansky trial in November 1952 with eleven death sentences; Of the total of 242 people executed between 1948 and 1962, 94 people were executed under Prime Minister Zápotocký, 47 of them for political reasons.

On March 21, 1953, after Zápotocký was appointed president, the government of Viliam Široký I followed .

Government composition

Antonín Zápotocký - Prime Minister (June 15, 1948 - March 21, 1953)
Viliam Široký - Deputy Prime Minister (June 15, 1948 - March 21, 1953)
Zdeněk Fierlinger - Deputy Prime Minister (June 15, 1948 - March 21, 1953)
Ján Ševčík - Deputy Prime Minister (June 15, 1948 - May 29, 1952)
Václav Kopecký - Deputy Prime Minister (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)
Ludvík Svoboda - Deputy Prime Minister (April 25, 1951 - September 8, 1951)
Rudolf Slánský - Deputy Prime Minister (September 8, 1951 - November 24, 1951)
Jaromír Dolanský - Deputy Prime Minister (December 21, 1951 - March 21, 1953)
Jozef Kyselý - Deputy Prime Minister (June 4, 1952 - January 31, 1953)
Antonín Novotný - Deputy Prime Minister (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)
Zdeněk Nejedlý - Deputy Prime Minister (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)
Karol Bacílek - Deputy Prime Minister (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953) -
Jindřich Uher - Deputy Prime Minister (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)
Alexej Čepička - Deputy Prime Minister (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)
Vladimír Clementis - Foreign Minister (June 15, 1948 - March 14, 1950)
Viliam Široký - Foreign Minister (March 14, 1950 - January 31, 1953)
Václav David - Foreign Minister (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)
Ludvík Svoboda - Minister of Defense (June 15, 1948 - April 25, 1950)
Alexej Čepička - Minister of Defense (April 25, 1950 - March 21, 1953)
Antonín Gregor - Minister of Foreign Trade (June 15, 1948 - December 2, 1952)
Richard Dvořák - Minister of Foreign Trade (December 2, 1952 - March 21, 1953)
Václav Nosek - Minister of the Interior (June 15, 1948 - March 21, 1953)
Vladimír Dolanský - Minister of Finance (June 15, 1948 - April 5, 1949)
Jaroslav Kabeš - Minister of Finance (April 5, 1949 - March 21, 1953)
Ladislav Štoll - Minister of Higher Education (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)
Zdeněk Nejedlý - Minister of Education (June 15, 1948 - January 31, 1953)
Ernest Sýkora - Minister of Education (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)
Alexej Čepička - Minister of Justice (June 15, 1948 - April 25, 1950)
Štefan Rais - Minister of Justice (April 25, 1950 - March 21, 1953)
Václav Kopecký - Minister of Information (June 15, 1948 - January 31, 1953) - the ministry dissolved
Gustav Kliment - Heavy Industry Minister (June 15, 1948 - August 1, 1952)

Július Mauer - Heavy Industry Minister (August 1, 1952 - January 31, 1953)

Karel Poláček - Heavy Industry Minister (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)

Josef Jonáš - Light Industry Minister (December 20, 1950 - September 8, 1951)

Alois Málek - Light Industry Minister (September 8, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

Július Ďuriš - Minister of Agriculture (June 15, 1948 - September 10, 1951)

Josef Nepomucký - Minister of Agriculture (September 10, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

František Krajčír - Minister of Internal Trade (June 15, 1948 - March 21, 1953)

Josef Krosnář - Minister of Purchases (May 28, 1952 - March 21, 1953)

Alois Petr - Minister of Transport (June 15, 1948 - March 21, 1953)

Antonín Pospíšil - Minister of Transport (December 21, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

Alois Neuman - Minister of Post (from April 30, 1952 spojů) (June 15, 1948 - March 21, 1953)

Evžen Erban - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (June 15, 1948 - September 8, 1951)

Jaroslav Havelka - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (September 8, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

Josef Plojhar - Minister of Health (June 15, 1948 - March 21, 1953)

Emanuel Šlechta - Minister of Technology (June 15, 1948 - December 20, 1950)

Ludmila Jankovcová - Minister of Food (December 20, 1950 - March 21, 1953)

Vavro Šrobár - Minister for the Unification of Laws (June 15, 1948 - December 6, 1950)

Ladislav Kopřiva - Minister for National Security (May 23, 1950 - January 23, 1952)

Karol Bacílek - Minister for National Security (January 23, 1952 - March 21, 1953)

Emanuel Šlechta - Minister of Construction (December 20, 1950 - March 21, 1953)

Karol Bacílek - Minister of State Control (September 8, 1951 - January 23, 1952)

Jan Harus - Minister of State Control (January 23, 1952 - March 21, 1953)

Václav Pokorný - Minister for Fuels and Energy (September 8, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

Jan Bílek - Minister for Mellurgy and Ore Mines (September 8, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

Josef Jonáš - Minister of Engineering (September 8, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

Marek Smida - Forestry and Timber Industry Minister (September 8, 1951 - January 31, 1953)

Július Ďuriš - Minister of Forestry and Wood Industry (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)

Jozef Púčik - Minister of Chemical Industry (September 8, 1951 - December 21, 1951)

Otakar Šimůnek - Minister of Chemical Industry (December 21, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

Josef Pospíšil - Minister of Railways (August 1, 1952 - March 21, 1953)

Jozef Kyselý - Minister for Building Materials (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)

Marek Smida - Minister for LPG (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)

Bohumil Šrámek - Minister of Energy (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)

Július Maurer - Minister without remit (January 31, 1953 - March 21, 1953)

Jaromír Dolanský - Minister and Chairman of the State Planning Commission (April 5, 1949 - December 21, 1951)

Jozef Púčik - Minister and Chairman of the State Planning Bureau (December 21, 1951 - March 21, 1953)

Party affiliation

The government was formed from the unified list of the National Front , which consisted of the dominant Communist Party and bloc parties .

swell

Vláda Antonína Zápotockého, Viliama Širokého (June 15, 1948 - December 12, 1954), online at: www.vlada.cz/cz/clenove-vlady / ... , website of the government of the Czech Republic, overview of the governments since 1918 , Czech, accessed January 18, 2012
50. léta - budování totalitního státu [1950s - building the totalitarian state] (with numerous subtopics), online at: www.totalita.cz/50 , in Czech, accessed January 18, 2012

Individual evidence

↑ Otakar Liška et al., Vykonané tresty smrti: Československo 1918–1989 [Executed death sentences: Czechoslovakia 1918–1989], ÚDV, Prague 2000, p. 37, ISBN 80-86621-09-X , cited. to policie.cz / ... , czech

Web links

Programové prohlášení vlády [Programmatic Government Declaration] of June 17, 1948, online at: www.vlada.cz/assets / ... (PDF; 131 kB), Czech, accessed on January 18, 2012

[policie-1] Otakar Liška et al., Vykonané tresty smrti: Československo 1918–1989 [Executed death sentences: Czechoslovakia 1918–1989], ÚDV, Prague 2000, p. 37, ISBN 80-86621-09-X , cited. to policie.cz / ... , czech