Ivan Dérer (2 March 1884 in
Malacka,
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...
– 10 March 1973 in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...
,
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
) was a prominent Slovak politician, lawyer, journalist and regional chairman of the
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in Slovakia. Serving in 1920 as Minister for Administration of Slovakia, in 1939 to 1934 as Minister of Education and from 1934 to 1938 as Minister of Justice.
He was one of the signers of
Martin Declaration
The Martin Declaration ( sk, Martinská deklarácia) is the name usually given to the ''Declaration of the Slovak Nation'' ( sk, Deklarácia slovenského národa) that was proclaimed in the town of Turčiansky Svätý Martin (now Martin, Slova ...
in 1918. His son,
Vladimir Derer was a prominent
British Labour Party activist who founded the influential
Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.
References
External links
Ivan Dérer, malackepohlady.sk
1884 births
1973 deaths
People from Malacky
People from the Kingdom of Hungary
Czech Social Democratic Party politicians
National Labour Party (1938) politicians
Labour Party (Slovakia) politicians
Education ministers
Justice 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)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1935–1939)
Budapest University alumni
Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
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