Klement Gottwald
Acting
November 23, 1896 — March 14, 1953Dědice u Vyškova, Czech Republic
Klement Gottwald (23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953–titled as General Secretary until 1945 and as Chairman from 1945 to 1953. He was the first leader of Communist Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953. Description above from the Wikipedia article Klement Gottwald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
