Antonín Janoušek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonín Janoušek

Czechoslovak politician

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1877

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

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1941

Profession: politician, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Antonín Janoušek (22 August 1877, Nymburk – 30 March 1941) was a Czech journalist and communist.
Originally an engine fitter, in 1895, Janoušek became a member of the social democratic party.
In 1906, he became a workers journalists and a functionary of workers associations in Austria-Hungary. In 1919, he led the Czech and Slovak section at the central committee of the Hungarian Communist Party.
During the period 20 June - 7 July 1919, he was the “chairman of the revolutionary committee” (predseda revolucného výboru) of the short-lived Slovak Soviet Republic.
In 1920 he was sentenced by the Horthy regime in Hungary, then delivered to Czechoslovak authorities.
In 1922, he moved to Soviet Russia, where he became a functionary of the International Workers Aid Council.
He lived in Cheboksary, Chuvashia.
He died "in bed" as reported by the historian V.
Nálevka.