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Edvard Beneš

1884 - 1948

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edvard Beneš is the 790th most popular politician (down from 725th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 30th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Politician.

Edvard Beneš was the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1948. He is most famous for being the president of Czechoslovakia in the aftermath of World War II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edvard Beneš ranks 790 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry I of France, Staurakios, Georges Clemenceau, Æthelbald, King of Wessex, Gordian I, and Friedrich Ebert. After him are Abd al-Rahman III, Louis Bonaparte, Sweyn Forkbeard, Haakon IV of Norway, Aldo Moro, and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among people born in 1884, Edvard Beneš ranks 6. Before him are Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Amedeo Modigliani, Hideki Tojo, and Isoroku Yamamoto. After him are İsmet İnönü, Bronisław Malinowski, Édouard Daladier, Peter Debye, Max Brod, and Walther von Reichenau. Among people deceased in 1948, Edvard Beneš ranks 8. Before him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Edgar de Wahl, Sergei Eisenstein, D. W. Griffith, Hideki Tojo, and Mileva Marić. After him are Franz Lehár, Osamu Dazai, Edith Roosevelt, Walther von Brauchitsch, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, and Antonin Artaud.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Edvard Beneš ranks 28 out of 1,200. Before him are Ferdinand Porsche (1875), Karel Čapek (1890), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Miloš Forman (1932), Ernst Mach (1838), and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850). After him are Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Joseph Schumpeter (1883), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Leoš Janáček (1854), and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Edvard Beneš ranks 3. Before him are Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850). After him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Miloš Zeman (1944), Klement Gottwald (1896), Václav Klaus (1941), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), and Emil Hácha (1872).

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