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Antonín Zápotocký
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Antonín Zápotocký

Politician · born December 19, 1884 · died 1957

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Antonín Zápotocký was a Czech communist politician and statesman in Czechoslovakia. He served as the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953, and then as President of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957.

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  1. ~69Received the Order of the White Lion1953
  2. ~72Received the Order of Karl Marx1956

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