Václav Vacek

Václav Vacek
Mayor of Prague
In office
2 May 1945  August 1945
Preceded by Alois Říha
Succeeded by Petr Zenkl
Mayor of Prague
In office
1 July 1946  December 1954
Preceded by Petr Zenkl
Succeeded by Adolf Svoboda
Personal details
Born (1877-09-11)11 September 1877
Libochovice, Austria-Hungary
(now Czech Republic)
Died 18 January 1960(1960-01-18) (aged 82)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political party ČSSDSD (before 1921)
KSČ (1921-1960)
Alma mater Charles University in Prague

Václav Vacek (11 September 1877  18 January 1960) was a Czech writer, and communist politician. He served as Senator in the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia and after Prague Uprising as Mayor of Prague. He was also founding member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia after schism in Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1921.[1]

Other

Prague Metro station Roztyly were named after him until peaceful counterrevolution in 1989.

References

  1. "JUDr. Václav Vacek". Hlavní město Praha. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

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