Rudolf Viest, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Viest

Czechoslovak general

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1890

Place of Birth: Revúca, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1945

Profession: military officer, soldier

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rudolf Viest (24 September 1890, Revúca, Gömör és Kis-Hont County, Kingdom of Hungary, – 1945 ?, Flossenbürg concentration camp ?, Germany) was a Slovak military leader, member of the Czechoslovak government in exile, member of the Slovak National Council and the commander of the 1st Czechoslovak army during the Slovak National Uprising.
He was the Slovak with the highest military function and the only Slovak general during the interwar period in the first Czechoslovak Republic.