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