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Born November 23, 1896 • Czechoslovakia
Died March 14, 1953 (aged 56) • Prague • Czechoslovakia
Title / Office president (1948-1953), Czechoslovakia • prime minister (1946-1948), Czechoslovakia
Political Affiliation Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček
Alexander Dubček
Czechoslovak statesman
Ludvík Svoboda
Ludvík Svoboda
president of Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Slánský
Czech communist leader
Artur London
Czechoslovak official
Novotný, Antonín
Antonín Novotný
president of Czechoslovakia
Antonín Zápotocký
Czech political leader
Vladimír Clementis
Slovak politician
Tomáš Masaryk
Tomáš Masaryk
president of Czechoslovakia
Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš
president of Czechoslovakia
Jan Masaryk.
Jan Masaryk
Czech statesman
Rašín
Alois Rašín
Czech statesman
Tiso, Jozef
Jozef Tiso
Slovak priest and statesman
Štefánik, Milan
Milan Štefánik
Czechoslovak leader
sculpture of Andrej Hlinka
Andrej Hlinka
Slovak priest and politician
Václav Havel
Václav Havel
president of Czech Republic
Erich Honecker, Gustav Husak, and Walter Ulbricht
Gustav Husak
Slovak statesman
Bella, Ivan
Ivan Bella
Slovak pilot and air force officer
Neurath, Konstantin, baron von
Konstantin, baron von Neurath
German official
Novák, Vítězslav
Vítězslav Novák
Czech composer
Miloš Forman
Miloš Forman
Czech-born director