Dr. Edvard Beneš (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛdvard ˈbɛnɛʃ] ; 17 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement Minister of Foreign Affairs and the second President of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938 and again from 1940 to 1948. He was known to be a skilled diplomat.
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active years end date
1922-10-07, 1938-10-05, 1945-04-02, 1948-06-07
active years start date
1921-09-26, 1935-12-18, 1945-10-28
birth date
1884-05-28
birth place
Austria-Hungary, Bohemia, Kožlany
death date
1948-09-03
death place
Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Sezimovo Ústí
office
President of Czechoslovakia, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, President of Czechoslovakia in exile
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