Antonín Švehla
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Antonín Švehla (15 April 1873, in Prague – 12 December 1933 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak politician. He served three terms as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia. He is regarded as one of the most important political figures of the First Czechoslovak Republic; he was the leader of the Agrarian Party, which was dominant within the Pětka, which was largely his own invention. Švehla is also credited with the slogan of the Pětka: "We have agreed that we will agree."[1]
He supported professor T. G. Masaryk in his fight for Czechoslovak independence.[2]
The garden of the European Campus of Sciences Po Paris in Dijon, France is named "Garden of the Agrarians of Antonín Švehla (1873–1933)" in memory of Antonín Švehla.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Norsko. "The ambassador's speech for the opening of the Antonín Švehla year". Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ Preclík, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (Masaryk and legions), váz. kniha, 219 pages, first issue vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karvina, Czech Republic) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk Democratic Movement, Prague), 2019, ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3, pages 5 - 32, 36 - 39, 41 - 42, 106 - 107, 111-112, 124–125, 128, 129, 132, 140–148, 184–199.
Further reading
[edit]- Daniel E Miller, Forging Political Compromise: Antonín Švehla and the Czechoslovak Republican Party, 1918–1933, University or Pittsburgh Press, 1999.
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- 1933 deaths
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- People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
- Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants politicians
- Prime ministers of Czechoslovakia
- Government ministers of Czechoslovakia
- Members of the Revolutionary National Assembly of Czechoslovakia
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1920–1925)
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1925–1929)
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1929–1935)
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