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.

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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