Government of Klement Gottwald I

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The government of Klement Gottwald I , led by Prime Minister Klement Gottwald , was the first government of Czechoslovakia under a communist premier and in office from July 2, 1946 to February 25, 1948. It followed the government of Zdeněk Fierlinger II and was replaced by the Government of Klement Gottwald II .

Government formation, program

The then chairman of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), Klement Gottwald , was commissioned by President Edvard Beneš to form a government after the KSČ became the strongest party in the 1946 parliamentary elections .

Only parties that had not compromised each other during the time of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were admitted to the parliamentary elections, the structure of which had already been laid down in Article I of the government program of the Kaschau Program , which was also passed by the Czechoslovak government- in- exile in London . The candidates of these parties were then summarized on a single list of the National Front , so that no opposition could arise.

The government Klement Gottwald I followed the government zdeněk fierlinger II , 1948, then after the February overthrow the government Klement Gottwald II established.

Government composition

  • Klement Gottwald - Prime Minister (July 2nd, 1946 - February 25th, 1948)
  • Petr Zenkl - Deputy Prime Minister (July 2, 1946 - February 25, 1948) - Resignation on February 20, 1948
  • Jan Šrámek - Deputy Prime Minister (July 2, 1946 - February 25, 1948) - resigned on February 20, 1948
  • Ján Ursíny - Deputy Prime Minister (July 2, 1946 - November 11, 1947)
  • Štefan Kočvara - Deputy Prime Minister (November 24, 1947 - February 25, 1948) - resigned on February 20, 1948
  • Zdeněk Fierlinger - Deputy Prime Minister (od - 25.11.1947)
  • František Tymeš - Deputy Prime Minister (November 25, 1947 - February 25, 1948)
  • Viliam Široký - Deputy Prime Minister (2.7.1946 - 25.2.1948)
  • Jan Masaryk - Foreign Minister (2.7.1946 - 25.2.1948)
  • Ludvík Svoboda - Minister of Defense (2.7.1946 - 25.2.1948)
  • Hubert Ripka - Foreign Trade Minister (July 2nd, 1946 - February 25th, 1948) - Resignation on February 20th, 1948
  • Václav Nosek - Minister of the Interior (2.7.1946 - 25.2.1948)
  • Jaromír Dolanský - Minister of Finance (2.7.1946 - 25.2.1948)
  • Jaroslav Stránský - Minister of Education (July 2, 1946 - February 25, 1948) - resigned on February 20, 1948
  • Prokop Drtina - Minister of Justice (July 2nd, 1946 - February 25th, 1948) - resignation on February 20th, 1948
  • Václav Kopecký - Minister of Information (July 2, 1946 - February 25, 1948)
  • Bohumil Laušman - Minister of Industry (2.7.1946 - 25.11.1947)
  • Ludmila Jankovcová - Minister of Industry (November 25, 1947 - February 25, 1948)
  • Július Ďuriš - Minister of Agriculture (2.7.1946 - 25.2.1948)
  • Antonín Zmrhal - Minister of Internal Trade (2.7.1946 - 3.12.1947)
  • Alexej Čepička - Minister of Internal Trade (December 3, 1947 - February 25, 1948)
  • Ivan Pietor - Minister of Transport (July 2, 1946 - February 25, 1948) - resigned on February 20, 1948
  • František Hála - Minister of Post (July 2, 1946 - February 25, 1948) - resigned on February 20, 1948
  • Zdeněk Nejedlý - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (July 2, 1946 - February 25, 1948)
  • Adolf Procházka - Minister of Health (July 2nd, 1946 - February 25th, 1948) - resignation on February 20th, 1948
  • Václav Majer - Minister of Food (2.7.1946 - 25.2.1948)
  • Alois Vošahlík - Minister of Technology (July 2nd, 1946 - August 8th, 1946)
  • Jan Kopecký - Minister of Technology (August 28, 1946 - February 25, 1948) - resigned on February 20, 1948
  • Mikuláš Franek - Minister for the Unification of Laws (July 18, 1946 - February 25, 1948) - resigned on February 20, 1948
  • Alois Vošahlík - no area of ​​responsibility (July 18, 1946 - August 8, 1946)
  • Vladimír Clementis - State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2.7.1946 - 25.2.1948)
  • Ján Lichner - State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense (July 2, 1946 - February 25, 1948) - Resignation on February 20, 1948

The following government reshuffles occurred:

  • On December 3, 1947, Internal Trade Minister Antonín Zmrhal was replaced by Alexej Čepička
  • On August 28, 1946, the late Minister of Technology Alois Vošahlík was replaced by Jan Kopecký.
  • On November 25, 1947, Ján Ursíny, Zdeněk Fierlinger and Bohumil Laušman were released from their positions.

The most important event, however, was the resignation of several members of the government on February 20, 1948 in protest against the prime minister's line. The following ministers resigned: Prokop Drtina, Mikuláš Franek, František Hála, Štefan Kočvara, Jan Kopecký, Ján Lichner, Ivan Pietor, Adolf Procházka, Hubert Ripka, Jaroslav Stránský, Jan Šrámek, Petr Zenkl. The major government reshuffle that followed went down in the country's history as the February coup , that is, the takeover of power by the Communist Party.

Party affiliation

The Gottwald I government consisted of members of the following parties:

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  • www.vlada.cz/cz/clenove-vlady / ... , website of the government of the Czech Republic, overview of the governments since 1918, in Czech, accessed January 15, 2012
  • Doba poválečná 1945–1948 [Postwar Period 1945–1948], a publication by the Czech government, online at: www.vlada.cz (PDF; 85 kB), Czech, accessed January 15, 2012

Web links

  • Programové prohlášení vlády (Programmatic Government Declaration), online at: www.vlada.cz (PDF; 151 kB), Czech, accessed on January 15, 2012

See also