Emil Hácha
| Emil Hácha | |
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| State President of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | |
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In office 15 March 1939 – 9 May 1945 |
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| 3rd President of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office 30 November 1938 – 14 March 1939 |
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| Preceded by | Edvard Beneš |
| Succeeded by | Edvard Beneš |
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12 July 1872 Schweinitz in Böhmen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 27 June 1945 (aged 72) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Háchová (1873–1938) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Emil Dominik Josef Hácha (12 July 1872 – 27 June 1945) was a Czech lawyer, the third President of Czechoslovakia from 1938 to 1939. From March 1939, his country was under the control of the Germans and was known as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Emil Hácha was born on 12 July 1872 in the South Bohemian town of Schweinitz in Böhmen. He graduated from a secondary school in Budweis and then applied for the law faculty at the University of Prague. After finishing his studies in 1896 (JUDr.) he worked for the Country Committee of the Kingdom of Bohemia in Prague (a self-government body with quite limited power). Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, he became a judge at the Supreme Administrative Court in Vienna (the court was responsible for Cisleithania). He met there.
After the Treaty of Versailles, Pantůček became President of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Czechoslovakia in Prague, and Hácha became a judge (1918) and Deputy President (1919) of the court. After Pantůček's death in 1925 he was chosen by T. G. Masaryk as his successor, becoming first President of the Supreme Administration Court. He became one of the most notable lawyers in Czechoslovakia, a specialist in English common law and international law. He was also a translator of English literature (most notably the Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome), collector of art and a poet. His book Omyly a přeludy Errors and Delusions was published in 1939 anonymously, then later under his own name in 2001. He also became a member of the Legislative Council.
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