Klement Gottwald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Klement Gottwald

5th President of Czechoslovakia

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1896

Place of Birth: Heroltice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1953

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Klement Gottwald (23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czechoslovak communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953–titled as General Secretary until 1945 and as Chairman from 1945 to 1953.
He was the first leader of Communist Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from July 1946 until June 1948, the first Communist to hold the post.
In June 1948, he was elected as Czechoslovakia's first Communist president, four months after the 1948 coup d'état in which his party seized power with the backing of the Soviet Union.
He held the post until his death.