- Rudolf Beran
Rudolf Beran (
December 28 ,1887 –April 23 ,1954 ) was aCzechoslovakia npolitician who served asprime minister of the country before its occupation byNazi Germany and shortly thereafter, before it was declared a protectorate. A leader of the Agrarian Party from 1933, he was appointed prime minister by PresidentEmil Hácha onDecember 1 ,1938 , and served untilApril 27 ,1939 . After he retired, he settled on his farm. DuringWorld War II , he had contacts with members of the Czech resistance. After the war, Beran was arrested as acollaborator by theCommunist authorities, and in a manipulated political trial was sentenced to twenty years in prison. He died inLeopoldov prison in 1954.ee also
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*cs icon [http://zivotopisyonline.cz/ceskoslovenska-vlada-beranova-1938-1939-clenove.php Members of Beran's government before occupation, 1.12.1938 - 15.3.1939]
*cs icon [http://zivotopisyonline.cz/protektoratni-vlada-1939-clenove.php Members of Beran's government after the occupation, 16.3.1939 - 27.4.1939]
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