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Born December 10, 1904 • Czechoslovakia
Died January 28, 1975 (aged 70) • Prague • Czech Republic
Title / Office president (1957-1968), Czechoslovakia • head of state (1953-1957), Czechoslovakia
Political Affiliation Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

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