Edvard Beneš

Born

May 28, 1884

Died

September 3, 1948 (aged 64)

Known as

lecturer, politician, association football player, diplomat, sociologist, teacher

Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II.

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