Karol Šmidke
Karol Šmidke | |
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Speaker of the Slovak National Council | |
| In office 14 September 1945 – 14 July 1950 Serving with Jozef Lettrich (14 September 1945 – 26 February 1948) | |
| Preceded by | Jozef Lettrich |
| Succeeded by | František Kubač |
| In office 5 September 1944 – 23 October 1944 Serving with Vavro Šrobár | |
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| Born | 21 January 1897 Witkowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Vítkovice, Czech Republic) |
| Died | 15 December 1952 (aged 55) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic |
| Political party | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
Karol Šmidke (21 January 1897 – 15 December 1952) was a Slovak communist politician, member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.[1]
Šmidke was Co-
Speaker 12 March 1948 - 14 July 1950. He was also the first President of the Board of Commissioners from 18 September 1945 until 14 August 1946, when he was succeeded by Gustáv Husák.[2]
In 1950 he was arrested alongside Gustáv Husák, Laco Novomeský, and Vladimír Clementis as a "bourgeois nationalist".[3]
References
- ^ Rychlík, Jan: Czechs and Slovaks in the 20th Century . Prague: Vyšehrad, 2012.
- ^ "Karol Šmidke a Štefan Bašťovanský - ti, kteří nepřežili Slánského, Portréty (11.05.2008 22:10), Český rozhlas".
- Ladislav Kopriva. An "offensive against bourgeois nationalists", who were sought primarily among Slovak communists, began. One of them was Vladimír Clementis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, dismissed from his position in 1950. Shortly thereafter, the names of other Slovak activists were mentioned – Šmidke, Husák, Novomeský, leaders of the communist underground in Slovakia and co-organizers of the 1944 uprising.]
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