Vladimir Clementis Biography (1902–52)

Czech statesman, born in Tesovec, Slovakia. He studied at Prague, became a Czech Communist MP (1935), and in 1945 was vice-minister of foreign affairs in the first Czech post-war government. A chief organizer of the 1948 coup, he succeeded Masaryk as foreign minister, but was forced to resign in 1950 as a ‘deviationist’. Following a political purge, he was hanged.

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