Vavro Šrobár
Vavro Šrobár | |
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Vavro Šrobár, 1948 | |
| Minister of Health and Sports | |
| In office 14 November 1918 – 15 September 1920 | |
| President | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
| Prime Minister | Karel Kramář Vlastimil Tusar |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ladislav Prokop Procházka |
| Minister for the Administration of Slovakia | |
| In office 14 November 1918 – 25 May 1920 | |
| President | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
| Prime Minister | Karel Kramář Vlastimil Tusar |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Dérer |
| Minister of Unification | |
| In office 25 May 1920 – 15 September 1920 | |
| President | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
| Prime Minister | Vlastimil Tusar |
| Preceded by | Milan Hodža |
| Succeeded by | Vladimír Fajnor |
| In office 25 February 1948 – 6 December 1950 | |
| President | Edvard Beneš Klement Gottwald |
| Prime Minister | Klement Gottwald Antonín Zápotocký |
| Preceded by | Mikuláš Franek |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Education and National Enlightenment | |
| In office 26 September 1921 – 7 October 1922 | |
| President | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
| Prime Minister | Jan Černý Edvard Beneš |
| Preceded by | Josef Šusta |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Bechyně |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 5 April 1945 – 2 July 1946 | |
| President | Edvard Beneš |
| Prime Minister | Zdeněk Fierlinger |
| Preceded by | Josef Kalfus |
| Succeeded by | Jaromír Dolanský |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vavrinec Ján Šrobár 9 August 1867 Lisková, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 6 December 1950 (aged 83) Olomouc, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Political party | Slovak National and Peasant Party Republican Party Democratic Party Freedom Party |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
Vavrinec Ján Šrobár, known as Vavro Šrobár (9 August 1867 – 6 December 1950) was a Slovak medical doctor and politician. He was a major figure in Slovak politics in the interwar period.
Šrobár played an important role in the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and served in a variety of ministerial roles between the wars. He also served for many years as a representative in the Czechoslovak parliament and was a tenured professor in the history of medicine. Šrobár retired from public life before the outbreak of the Second World War, but following the war he resumed a ministerial career in the re-established Czechoslovak government in the five years before his death.