Václav Vacek

Václav Vacek (11 September 1877 – 18 January 1960) was a Czech writer, and a communist politician. He served as a Senator in the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia and after the Prague Uprising as the Mayor of Prague.[1] He was also a founding member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia after the schism in Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1921.[2]

Václav Vacek
Mayor of Prague
In office
2 May 1945 – August 1945
Preceded byAlois Říha
Succeeded byPetr Zenkl
Mayor of Prague
In office
1 July 1946 – December 1954
Preceded byPetr Zenkl
Succeeded byAdolf Svoboda
Personal details
Born(1877-09-11)11 September 1877
Libochovice, Austria-Hungary
(now Czech Republic)
Died18 January 1960(1960-01-18) (aged 82)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political partyČSSD (before 1921)
KSČ (1921-1960)
Alma materCharles University in Prague

Legacy

The Prague Metro station Roztyly was named after him until the revolution in 1989.

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References
  1. Václav Vacek - první komunistický primátor Prahy (ČTK) (in Czech)
  2. "JUDr. Václav Vacek". Hlavní město Praha. Retrieved 2016-04-04.


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