Viliam Široký

Politician

1902 – 1971

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Who was Viliam Široký?

Viliam Široký was a prominent Communist politician of Czechoslovakia, the Prime Minister from 1953 to 1963, and briefly serving as the acting President of Czechoslovakia following the death of Antonín Zápotocký from 13 November to 19 November 1957. 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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Born
May 31, 1902
Bratislava
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Died
Oct 6, 1971
Prague

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on July 23, 2013

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