Viliam Široký
Viliam Široký (born May 31, 1902 in Pressburg , † October 6, 1971 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak Communist Party (KPČ) politician .
Life
Široký was first Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia in the Klement Gottwald I government from 1946 and on March 14, 1950 Foreign Minister in the Antonín Zápotocký government . When he became President on March 21, 1953 , he succeeded him in the office of Prime Minister . When Zápotocký died on November 13, 1957, he was also the incumbent president from November 13 to 19, 1957 due to the constitution.
He was one of the pioneers and protagonists of the political show trials in the 1950s. During his tenure on July 11, 1960, the Czechoslovak Republic was renamed the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (Československá socialistická republika, ČSSR).
After ten years in office, he was replaced as Prime Minister on September 19, 1963 by Jozef Lenárt .
See also
- Viliam Široký I government from March 21, 1953 to December 12, 1954
- Viliam Široký II government from December 12, 1954 to July 11, 1960
- Viliam Široký III government from July 11, 1960 to September 20, 1963
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1918 to 1939
Karel Kramář (1918–1919) |
Vlastimil Tusar (1919-1920) |
Jan Černý (1920–1921) |
Edvard Beneš (1921–1922) |
Antonín Švehla (1922–1926) |
Jan Černý (1926) |
Antonín Švehla (1926–1929) |
František Udržal (1929–1932) |
Jan Malypetr (1932–1935) |
Milan Hodža (1935–1938) |
Jan Syrový (1938) |
Rudolf Beran (1938–1939)
1945 to 1992
Zdeněk Fierlinger (1945–1946) |
Klement Gottwald (1946–1948) |
Antonín Zápotocký (1948–1953) |
Viliam Široký (1953–1963) |
Jozef Lenárt (1963–1968) |
Oldřich Černík (1968–1970) |
Lubomír Štrougal (1970–1988) |
Ladislav Adamec (1988-1989) |
Marián Čalfa (1989–1992) |
Jan Stráský (1992)
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1918 to 1939
Edvard Beneš |
Milan Hodža |
Kamil Krofta |
František Chvalkovský |
1940 to 1945 (government in exile)
Jan Masaryk
1945 to 1992
Jan Masaryk |
Vladimír Clementis |
Viliam Široký |
Václav David |
Jiří Hájek |
Ján Marko |
Bohuslav Chňoupek |
Jaromír Johanes |
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Jozef Moravčík
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Široký, Viliam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak Communist Party (KPČ) politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pressburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1971 |
| Place of death | Prague |