Klement Gottwald

Klement Gottwald (23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953–titled as General Secretary until 1945 and as Chairman from 1945 to 1953. He was the first leader of Communist Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953. Description above from the Wikipedia article Klement Gottwald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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• Born23 November 1896 (age 129)
• Place of BirthDědice u Vyškova, Czech Republic