Klement Gottwald
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Leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 1929-1945 as General Secretary; 1945-1953 as Chairman |
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In office 1929 – 14 March 1953 |
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| Preceded by |
Bohumil Jílek as General Secretary |
| Succeeded by |
Antonín Novotný as First Secretary |
| 5th President of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office 14 June 1948 – 14 March 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Edvard Beneš |
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| 14th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office 2 July 1946 – 15 June 1948 |
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| Preceded by | Zdenek Fierlinger |
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23 November 1896 Dědice, Vyškov, Moravia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 14 March 1953 (aged 56) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| Spouse(s) | Marta Gottwaldová |
| Profession |
Cabinetmaker Newspaper editor |
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Klement Gottwald (23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czechoslovak Communist politician and longtime leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). He was Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1946 to 1948 and President from 1948 to 1953.
Gottwald was born on 23 November 1896, in Deditz, Wischau (Vyškov), Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic).
A cabinet maker by training, he joined the Social Democratic Party in 1912. He was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I, but defected to the Russians late in the war.
A charter member of the KSČ in 1921, he edited the party's newspaper in Bratislava from 1921 to 1926. From 1925 onward he was a member of the KSČ Central Committee. In 1929, he became General Secretary of the KSČ and was elected to the National Assembly. He became a secretary of the Comintern in 1935, a post he held until its dissolution in 1943.
After the Munich Agreement of 1938, Gottwald spent the next seven years in exile in Moscow. From 1939 onward he was one of the leaders of the Czech resistance.
In March 1945, Edvard Beneš, who had been elected President of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and who had been head of the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in London since 1941, agreed to form a National Front government with Gottwald. As part of the deal, Gottwald became deputy premier under Zdeněk Fierlinger.
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