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Born December 12, 1884 • Czech Republic
Died November 13, 1957 (aged 72) • Prague • Czech Republic
Title / Office president (1953-1957), Czechoslovakia
Founder Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Political Affiliation Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubček
Alexander Dubček
Czechoslovak statesman
Ludvík Svoboda
Ludvík Svoboda
president of Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Slánský
Czech communist leader
Artur London
Czechoslovak official
Novotný, Antonín
Antonín Novotný
president of Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Czech politician
Vladimír Clementis
Slovak politician
Tomáš Masaryk
Tomáš Masaryk
president of Czechoslovakia
Václav Havel
Václav Havel
president of Czech Republic
Rašín
Alois Rašín
Czech statesman
Novák, Vítězslav
Vítězslav Novák
Czech composer
Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš
president of Czechoslovakia
sculpture of Andrej Hlinka
Andrej Hlinka
Slovak priest and politician
Erich Honecker, Gustav Husak, and Walter Ulbricht
Gustav Husak
Slovak statesman
Bella, Ivan
Ivan Bella
Slovak pilot and air force officer
Jan Masaryk.
Jan Masaryk
Czech statesman
Neurath, Konstantin, baron von
Konstantin, baron von Neurath
German official
Tiso, Jozef
Jozef Tiso
Slovak priest and statesman
Štefánik, Milan
Milan Štefánik
Czechoslovak leader
Jaroslav Drobny
Czech athlete