Government of Viliam Široký I

The Czechoslovak government Viliam Široký I , led by Prime Minister Viliam Široký , was in office from March 21, 1953 to December 12, 1954. It followed the Antonín Zápotocký government and was replaced by the Viliam Široký II government .

Government formation, program

On March 21, 1953, the previous Prime Minister Zápotocký was elected President by the National Assembly, so that the Antonín Zápotocký government had to be replaced. As a result, there was initially only one appointment of a new prime minister, without the members of the government resigning, and only later did various personnel changes take place. After Karol Bacílek , who was already in the Novotný cabinet, another representative of the security apparatus joins the government - Rudolf Barák . The political show trials are still ongoing, on 21./24. In April 1954 the trial of the so-called "bourgeois nationalists" takes place with the main defendant Gustáv Husák .

After the parliamentary elections in 1954 in November 1954, the government of Viliam Široký II followed .

Government composition

Viliam Široký - Prime Minister (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Zdeněk Fierlinger - Deputy Prime Minister (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Václav Kopecký - Deputy Prime Minister (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953), from September 14, 1953 First Deputy Prime Minister
Jaromír Dolanský - Deputy Prime Minister (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953), from September 14, 1953 First Deputy Prime Minister
Antonín Novotný - Deputy Prime Minister (03/21/1953 - 09/14/1953)
Zdeněk Nejedlý - Deputy Prime Minister (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Karol Bacílek - Deputy Prime Minister (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953), from September 14, 1953 First Deputy Prime Minister
Jindřich Uher - Deputy Prime Minister (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Alexej Čepička - Deputy Prime Minister (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953), from September 14, 1953 First Deputy Prime Minister
Oldřich Beran - Deputy Prime Minister (March 24, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Rudolf Barák - Deputy Prime Minister (March 24, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Václav David - Foreign Minister (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Alexej Čepička - Minister of Defense (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Richard Dvořák - Minister of Foreign Trade (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Václav Nosek - Minister of the Interior (21.3.1953 - 14.9.1953)
Rudolf Barák - Minister of the Interior (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Jaroslav Kabeš - Minister of Finance (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Július Ďuriš - Minister of Finance (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Ladislav Štoll - Minister of Higher Education (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Ernest Sýkora - Minister of Education (03/21/1953 - 09/14/1953)
Ladislav Štoll - Minister of Education (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Štefan Rais - Minister of Justice (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Václav Škoda - Minister of Justice (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Václav Kopecký - Minister of Information (March 21, 1953 - January 31, 1953) (Ministry dissolved)
Karel Poláček - Minister of Heavy Industry (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Alois Málek - Light Industry Minister (03/21/1953 - 12/12/1954)
Josef Nepomucký - Minister of Agriculture (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Jindřich Uher - Minister of Agriculture (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
František Krajčír - Minister of Internal Trade (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Josef Krosnář - Minister of Buying (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Antonín Pospíšil - Minister of Transport (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Alois Neuman - Minister of Telecommunications (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Jaroslav Havelka - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)
Václav Nosek - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Josef Plojhar - Minister of Health (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)
Ludmila Jankovcová - Minister of Food (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Karol Bacílek - Minister for National Security (03/21/1953 - 09/14/1953)

Emanuel Šlechta - Minister of Construction (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Jan Harus - Minister for State Control (03/21/1953 - 09/14/1953)

Oldřich Beran - Minister of State Control (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Václav Pokorný - Minister for Fuels and Energy (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)

Josef Jonáš - Minister for Fuels and Energy (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Jan Bílek - Minister for Mellurgy and Ore Mines (03/21/1953 - 03/24/1953)

Josef Reitmajer - Minister for Mellurgy and Ore Mines (March 24, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Josef Jonáš - Minister of Engineering (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)

Július Ďuriš - Forestry and Wood Industry Minister (03/21/1953 - 09/14/1953)

Marek Smida - Minister of Forestry and Wood Industry (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Otakar Šimůnek - Minister of Chemical Industry (March 21, 1953 - June 22, 1954)

Jozef Púčik - Minister of Chemical Industry (June 22, 1954 - December 12, 1954)

Josef Pospíšil - Minister of Railways (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)

Jozef Kyselý - Minister for Building Materials (03/21/1953 - 09/14/1953)

Marek Smida - Minister for LPG (03/21/1953 - 09/14/1953)

Bohumil Šrámek - Minister of Energy (March 21, 1953 - September 14, 1953)

Jozef Kyselý - Minister for Local Economy (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Václav Kopecký - Minister of Culture (14.9.1953 - 12.12.1954)

Július Maurer - Minister without responsibilities (March 21, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Zdeněk Nejedlý - Minister without responsibilities (September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954)

Jozef Púčik - Minister and Chairman of the State Planning Bureau (March 21, 1953 - June 22, 1954)

Otakar Šimůnek - Minister and Chairman of the State Planning Bureau (June 22, 1954 - December 12, 1954)

Party affiliation

The government was formed by 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

Web links

Programové prohlášení vlády [Programmatic Government Declaration] of April 16, 1953, online at: www.vlada.cz/assets / ... (PDF; 55 kB), Czech, accessed on January 18, 2012