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Edvard Beneš

Czechoslovak politician (1884-1948)

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Edvard Beneš was a Czechoslovak politician who lived from 1884 to 1948 and played a major role in his country's government during a transformative period in European history. He matters because he shaped Czechoslovakia's political direction during its formation after World War I and through the turbulent decades that followed.

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Born: 1884
Died: 1948
Works: 116

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Co-ordination of the Draft Convention and of the propositions referred to the General Commission
Co-ordinating table of the Draft Convention and of the propositions referred to the General Commission
Five years of Czechoslovak foreign policy
Le problème de la Silésie de Teschen
The opening of the Prague Parliament

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Milan Rastislav Štefánik2019
Beneš2019
Edvard Beneš - tragédie politika — Edvard Beneš1991
TGM the Liberator — Self (archive footage)1990
Vlast vítá — Himself1945
Mr. President in Slovakia — Self1945
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike1943

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Edvard Beneš ( Czech: [ˈɛdvard ˈbɛnɛʃ] ; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II.

As president, Beneš faced two major crises, which both resulted in his resignation. His first resignation came after the Munich Agreement and subsequent German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, which resulted in his government's exile in the United Kingdom. The second came about with the 1948 Communist coup, which created a Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Before his time as president, Beneš was also the first foreign affairs minister (1918–1935) and the fourth prime minister (1921–1922) of Czechoslovakia. The de facto leader of the Czech National Social Party, he was known as a skilled diplomat.