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Viliam Široký

Viliam Široký
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Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
In office
21 March 1953 – 20 September 1963
Preceded by
Succeeded by Jozef Lenárt
Personal details
Born (1902-05-31)31 May 1902
Bratislava, Pozsony County, Kingdom of Hungary
Died 6 October 1971(1971-10-06) (aged 69)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Political party Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Viliam Široký (31 May 1902 – 6 October 1971) was a prominent Communist politician of Czechoslovakia, the Prime Minister from 1953 to 1963. He also served as the leader of the Communist Party of Slovakia between 1945 and 1954. According to the French historian Muriel Blaive, he was an ethnic Hungarian.


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