Václav Vacek
| Václav Vacek | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Prague | |
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In office 2 May 1945 – August 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Alois Říha |
| Succeeded by | Petr Zenkl |
| Mayor of Prague | |
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In office 1 July 1946 – December 1954 |
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| Preceded by | Petr Zenkl |
| Succeeded by | Adolf Svoboda |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 September 1877 Libochovice, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) |
| Died | 18 January 1960 (aged 82) Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
ČSSDSD (before 1921) KSČ (1921-1960) |
| Alma mater | Charles University in Prague |
Václav Vacek (11 September 1877 – 18 January 1960) was a Czech writer, and a communist politician. He served as a Senator in the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia and after the Prague Uprising as the Mayor of Prague. He was also a founding member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia after the schism in Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1921.
The Prague Metro station Roztyly was named after him until the revolution in 1989.
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