Jan Černý | |
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Born | 4 March 1874
Uherský Ostroh |
Died | 10 April 1959
(aged 85) Uherský Ostroh |
Occupation | Politician |
Children | Zdenek Černý |
Awards | |
Position held | Ministry of the Interior (1920–1922), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1920–1921) |
Jan Černý (4 March 1874 in Uherský Ostroh, Moravia, Austria-Hungary – 10 April 1959 in Uherský Ostroh, Czechoslovakia) was a Czechoslovak civil servant and politician. He was the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1921 [1] and in 1926. He also served as the provincial president ( governor) of Moravia in 1918–1920, 1921–1928 and 1929–1939.
Jan Černý was born into a furriers family in the small town of Uherský Ostroh, in the east of Moravia ( Moravian Slovakia). He attended the gymnasium (a grammar school) in Uherské Hradiště from 1885 to 1893. After studies at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague – he graduated in 1898 [2] – he began professional career as a state servant (county director) in Hodonín. From 1912 he was a senior department director in the Moravian governor's office ( stadtholder government). At the time of the revolutionary establishment of Czechoslovakia, [3] [4] being the highest-ranked Czech-speaking imperial state servant in Moravia, he became the head of the local government for the new state on 29 November 1918.
Jan Černý | |
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Born | 4 March 1874
Uherský Ostroh |
Died | 10 April 1959
(aged 85) Uherský Ostroh |
Occupation | Politician |
Children | Zdenek Černý |
Awards | |
Position held | Ministry of the Interior (1920–1922), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1920–1921) |
Jan Černý (4 March 1874 in Uherský Ostroh, Moravia, Austria-Hungary – 10 April 1959 in Uherský Ostroh, Czechoslovakia) was a Czechoslovak civil servant and politician. He was the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1921 [1] and in 1926. He also served as the provincial president ( governor) of Moravia in 1918–1920, 1921–1928 and 1929–1939.
Jan Černý was born into a furriers family in the small town of Uherský Ostroh, in the east of Moravia ( Moravian Slovakia). He attended the gymnasium (a grammar school) in Uherské Hradiště from 1885 to 1893. After studies at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague – he graduated in 1898 [2] – he began professional career as a state servant (county director) in Hodonín. From 1912 he was a senior department director in the Moravian governor's office ( stadtholder government). At the time of the revolutionary establishment of Czechoslovakia, [3] [4] being the highest-ranked Czech-speaking imperial state servant in Moravia, he became the head of the local government for the new state on 29 November 1918.