Viliam Široký
Viliam Široký | |
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Portrait of Śiroký, c. 1948 | |
| Interim President of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 13 November 1957 – 19 November 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Antonín Zápotocký |
| Succeeded by | Antonín Novotný |
| Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 21 March 1953 – 20 September 1963 | |
| President | Antonín Zápotocký (1953–1957) Himself (Interim; 1957) Antonín Novotný (1957–1963) |
| Preceded by | Antonín Zápotocký |
| Succeeded by | Jozef Lenárt |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 14 March 1950 – 31 December 1952 | |
| President | Klement Gottwald |
| Prime Minister | Antonín Zápotocký |
| Preceded by | Vladimír Clementis |
| Succeeded by | Václav David |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 4 April 1945 – 21 March 1953 | |
| President | Edvard Beneš (1945–1948) Klement Gottwald (1948–1953) |
| Prime Minister | Zdeněk Fierlinger (1945–1946) Klement Gottwald (1946–1948) Antonín Zápotocký (1948–1953) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1902 Pozsony, Pozsony County, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 6 October 1971 (aged 69) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| Awards | Order of Polonia Restituta Two Orders of Klement Gottwald |
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Viliam Široký (31 May 1902 – 6 October 1971) was a prominent communist politician of Czechoslovakia. He served as Prime Minister from 1953 to 1963, and was also the leader of the Communist Party of Slovakia between 1945 and 1954.