Karel Baxa
| Karel Baxa | |
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| Mayor of Prague | |
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In office 15 June 1919 – 5 April 1937 |
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| Preceded by | Přemysl Šámal |
| Succeeded by | Petr Zenkl |
| President of Constitutional Court of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office 17 November 1921 – 5 January 1938 |
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| Succeeded by | Jaroslav Krejčí |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 June 1863 Sedlčany, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 5 January 1938 (aged 74) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party |
Young Czech Party ČSNS (1919-1938) |
| Spouse(s) | Amelia Jurković |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Occupation | Politician, judge, lawyer |
Karel Baxa (24 June 1863, Sedlčany – 5 January 1938, Prague) was a Czech politician in Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and then in Czechoslovakia. He is most known for his long term position as mayor of Prague (Primátor hlavního města Prahy).
Baxa, nephew of journalist Karel Havlíček Borovský, studied gymnasium, finishing in 1881, and continued to study law at the Charles University in Prague, finishing in 1888. Later, he worked at the courts in Tábor and Cheb and since 1891 he was an advocate in Prague. Baxa frequently defended Czech journalists during the state of emergency (1893) and was also the defendant of youth activists accused during the Omladina Trial (1893/94). He was the lawyer of the victim's family during the Hilsner Affair (1899), opposing the views of Tomáš Masaryk.
Baxa became a member of the radical movement (radikálně pokrokové hnutí), a section of the Young Czechs political party. In 1895 he vas elected into the local parliament of Bohemia, staying there until 1913. During 1901-18 Baxa was also a member of the imperial parliament in Vienna (Wiener Reichsrat).
In 1899 he co-founded, together with Alois Rašín and several others, a new patriotic political party (Státoprávně radikální strana) whose programme asked for the establishment of an independent Czech state. Baxa was leader of this party until 1908, when it split and Baxa, together with many members joined another party (Česká strana státoprávně pokroková). In 1911 he joined the Czech National Social Party (later known under different names) and stayed there until his death.
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