Ruler · 1884 – 1948

Edvard Beneš

Lived 1884 – 1948; politician, diplomat. Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia), 1921 – 1922 and 2 more terms; also in the line of First Czechoslovak Republic, Third Czechoslovak Republic and Second Czechoslovak Republic.

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Lived: 1884 – 1948; 64 years
In office: 7 years; 3 reigns
Lines: 4; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia · the 5th, 11th and 18th of 34 dated reigns · 1918 – 1992

1 before

Tomáš Masaryk1918 – 1935

Vlastimil Tusar1919 – 1920

Jan Černý1920 – 1921

Edvard Beneš1921 – 1922

Antonín Švehla1922 – 1926

Jan Černý1926

Antonín Švehla1926 – 1929

František Udržal1929 – 1932

Jan Malypetr1932 – 1935

Edvard Beneš1935 – 1938

Milan Hodža1935 – 1938

Jan Syrový1938

Emil Hácha1938 – 1939

Rudolf Beran1938 – 1939

Jan Šrámek1940 – 1945

Zdeněk Fierlinger1945 – 1946

Edvard Beneš1945 – 1948

Klement Gottwald1946 – 1953

Antonín Zápotocký1948 – 1957

Viliam Široký1953 – 1963

13 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1921 – 1922 · 1 year · came to it aged 37 · term 1 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1922; they died in 1948

Reigned 1935 – 1938 · 3 years · came to it aged 51 · term 2 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1938; they died in 1948

Reigned 1945 – 1948 · 3 years · came to it aged 61 · term 3 of 3

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1948, the year they died

Also in the line of First Czechoslovak Republic (2nd of 2), Third Czechoslovak Republic (3rd of 4) and Second Czechoslovak Republic (2nd of 5).

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