Antonín Zápotocký, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Antonín Zápotocký

communist Prime Minister and President of Czechoslovakia

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1884

Place of Birth: Zákolany, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 13-Nov-1957

Profession: prime minister, president, writer, politician, Kapo, trade unionist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Antonín Zápotocký

  • Antonín Zápotocký (19 December 1884 – 13 November 1957) was communist Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953 and President of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957. He was born in Zákolany, Kladno District, Bohemia (then in Austria-Hungary, now in the Czech Republic).
  • His father was Ladislav Zápotocký, one of the founders of the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD), together with Josef Boleslav Pecka-Strahovský and Josef Hybeš. He was a delegate of the Left Wing of the CSSD to the Second Comintern Congress, held in Petersburg, 19 July – 7 August 1920.
  • Together with Bohumír Šmeral, he co-founded the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC) when it broke away from the CSSD in 1921.
  • He was General Secretary of the KSC from 1922 to 1925.
  • In 1940, he was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
  • He was released in 1945. From June 18, to July 18, 1946 he was Chairman of the Constituent National Assembly. Zápotocký became Prime Minister on 15 June 1948, replacing Klement Gottwald, who became President.
  • On 14 March 1953, shortly after his return from Joseph Stalin's funeral, Gottwald died.
  • As per the Ninth-of-May Constitution, Zápotocký took over most presidential duties until he was elected President in his own right a week later.
  • Zápotocký favoured a more humane way of governing, but was outflanked by the Stalinist first secretary, Antonín Novotný.
  • Sporadic riots against monetary reform gave Novotný a chance to seize the upper hand.
  • At a meeting in Moscow, Zápotocký was told to adhere to "collective leadership"—in effect, give up power to Novotný. Zápotocký stayed in office until his death in Prague in 1957. Zápotocký penned several novels, two of which were filmed (Rudá záre nad Kladnem and Vstanou noví bojovníci).

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