František Udržal () (3 January 1866 in
Dolní Roveň
Dolní Roveň is a municipality and village in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Horní Roveň, Litětiny and Komárov are administrative parts of Dol ...
,
Kingdom of Bohemia
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– 25 April 1938 in
Prague
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) was a
Czechoslovak politician.
A member and leader of the powerful
Agrarian Party, his political career started as member of the local Diet of
Bohemia, then of
parliament
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of
Austria-Hungary
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, then of parliament of
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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. He served seven years as minister of defense and four years as prime minister of Czechoslovakia (1 February 1929 – 24 October 1932) in two periods (1 February 1929 – 7 December 1929 and 7 December 1929 – 24 October 1932).
See also
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History of Czechoslovakia
With the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy at the end of World War I, the independent country of CzechoslovakiaEdited by Keith Sword ''The Times Guide to Eastern Europe'' Times Book, 1990 p. 53 ( Czech, Slovak: ''Československo'') was formed ...
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List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia
External links
Transcript from parliament with his short bio
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1866 births
1938 deaths
People from Pardubice District
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Young Czech Party politicians
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants politicians
Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia
Government ministers of Czechoslovakia
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1897–1900)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1901–1907)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1907–1911)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918)
Members of the Bohemian Diet
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 Senate of Czechoslovakia (1935–1939)
People from Austria-Hungary
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