Cabinet of Antonín Zápotocký and Viliam Široký

Government of Antonín Zápotocký and Viliam Široký
Government of Antonín Zápotocký and Viliam Široký
	Prime Minister Antonín Zápotocký (1949)
Date formed	15 June 1948
Date dissolved	12 December 1954
People and organisations
Head of state	Klement Gottwald
Head of government	Antonín Zápotocký (1948-1953); Viliam Široký (1953-1954)
Deputy head of government	Václav Kopecký; Jaromír Dolanský; Karol Bacílek; Alexej Čepička; Viliam Široký; Zdeněk Fierlinger; Ján Ševčík; Ludvík Svoboda; Rudolf Slánský; Jozef Kyselý; Antonín Novotný; Zdeněk Nejedlý; Jindřich Uher; Oldřich Beran; Rudolf Barák
Member parties	NF (KSČ, ČSS, ČSL, SSO, p. slobody)
History
Predecessor	Gottwald II
Successor	Široký II

The government of Antonín Zápotocký and Viliam Široký was the cabinet and government of Czechoslovakia in office between June 15, 1948, to December 12, 1954.

On March 21, 1953, there was a change in the post of Prime Minister as a result of the previous election of Antonín Zápotocký as President of the Republic. The resignation of the prime minister did not necessarily mean the resignation of the entire cabinet.

Party representation in government

Number of Ministers

On appointment

KSČ	16
ČSS	2
ČSL	2
SSO	1
SSL	1

On leaving office

KSČ	26
ČSS	2
ČSL	2
SSO	1

Composition of the government

Wallet	Minister		Entering the office	Leaving office
Prime Minister	Antonín Zápotocky	KSČ	15 June 1948	21 March 1953
Prime Minister	Viliam Široký	KSČ	21 March 1953^[1]	12 December 1954
Deputy Prime Minister	Viliam Široký	KSČ	15 June 1948	21 March 1953
	Zdeněk Fierlinger	KSČ	15 June 1948	14. September 1953
	Ján Ševčík	SSO	15 June 1948	29 May 1952
	Ludvík Svoboda	KSČ	25 April 1950	8 September 1951
	Rudolf Slánský	KSČ	8 September 1951	24 October 1951
	Jaromír Dolanský^[2]	KSČ	21 December 1951	14 September 1953
	Joseph Kyselý	SSO	4 June 1952	31 January 1953
	Antonín Novotný	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
	Zdeněk Nejedlý	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
	Karol Bacílek^[3]	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
	Alexei Cepička	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
	Jindřich Uher	KSČ	31 January 1953	12 December 1954
	Václav Kopecký	KSČ	31 January 1953	12 December 1954
	Aldrich Beran	KSČ	24 March 1953	14 September 1953
	Rudolf Barák	KSČ	24 March 1953	14 September 1953
First Deputy	Jaromír Dolanský	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
First Deputy	Alexei Cepička	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Vladimír Clementis	KSČ	15 June 1948	18 March 1950
	Viliam Široky	KSČ	18 March 1950	31 January 1953
	Václav David	KSČ	31 January 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of National Defense	Ludvík Svoboda	KSČ	15 June 1948	25 April 1950
Minister of National Defense	Alexei Cepička	KSČ	25 April 1950	12 December 1954
Minister of Foreign Trade	Antonín Gregor	KSČ	15 June 1948	2 December 1952
Minister of Foreign Trade	Richard Dvořák	KSČ	2 December 1952	12 December 1954
Minister of the Interior	Václav Nosek	KSČ	15 June 1948	14 September 1953
Minister of the Interior	Rudolf Barák	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Finance	Jaromír Dolanský	KSČ	15 June 1948	5 April 1949
	Jaroslav Kabeš^[4]	KSČ	5 April 1949	14 September 1953
	Július Ďuriš	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Higher Education	Ladislav Štoll^[5]	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
Minister of Education and Enlightenment	Zdeněk Nejedlý	KSČ	15 June 1948	31 January 1953
	Ernest Sýkora	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
	Ladislav Štoll	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Justice	Alexei Cepička	KSČ	15 June 1948	25 April 1950
	Štefan Rais	KSČ	25 April 1950	14 September 1953
	Václav Škoda	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Information	Václav Kopecký	KSČ	15 June 1948	31 January 1953
Minister of Culture	Václav Kopecký	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Industry (Heavy Industry)	Gustav Kliment	KSČ	15 June 1948	1 August 1952
	Július Maurer	KSČ	1 August 1952	31 January 1953
	Karel Poláček	KSČ	31 January 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Light Industry	Josef Jonáš	KSČ	20 December 1950	8 September 1951
Minister of Light Industry	Alois Málek	KSČ	8 September 1951	12 December 1954
Minister of Agriculture	Július Ďuriš	KSČ	15 June 1948	10 September 1951
	Josef Nepomucký	KSČ	10 September 1951	14 September 1953
	Jindřich Uher	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Internal Trade	František Krajčir	KSČ	15 June 1948	12 December 1954
Minister of Redemption	Josef Krosnář	KSČ	28 May 1952	12 December 1954
Minister of Transport	Alois Petr	ČSL	15 June 1948	14 December 1951
Minister of Transport	Antonín Pospíšil	ČSL	21 December 1951	12 December 1954
Post Minister (from April 30, 1952, connections)	Alois Neuman	ČSS	15 June 1948	12 December 1954
Minister of Social Welfare (Labor Force)	Evžen Erban	KSČ	15 June 1948	8 September 1951
	Jaroslav Havelka	KSČ	8 September 1951	14 September 1953
	Václav Nosek^[6]	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Health	Josef Plojhar	ČSL, secretly also KSČ	15 June 1948	12 December 1954
Minister of Technology	Emanuel Schlechta	ČSS	15 June 1948	20 December 1950
Minister of Construction Industry (construction industry)	Emanuel Schlechta	ČSS	20 December 1950	12 December 1954
Minister of Food (food industry)	Ludmila Jankovcová^[7]	KSČ	15 June 1948	12 December 1954
Minister for Unification of Laws	Vavro Šrobár	Freedom Party	15 June 1948	6 December 1950
Minister of National Security	Ladislav Kopřiva	KSČ	23 May 1950	23 January 1952
Minister of National Security	Karol Bacílek	KSČ	23 January 1952	14 September 1953
Minister of State Control	Karol Bacílek	KSČ	8 September 1951	23 January 1952
	Jan Must	KSČ	23 January 1952	14 September 1953
	Aldrich Beran	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Fuel and Energy	Václav Pokorný	KSČ	8 September 1951	14 September 1953
Minister of Fuel and Energy	Josef Jonáš	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Metallurgical Industry and Ore Mines	Jan Bílek	KSČ	8 September 1951	24 March 1953
Minister of Metallurgical Industry and Ore Mines	Josef Reitmajer	KSČ	24 March 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Forests and Timber Industry	Marek Smida	KSČ	8 September 1951	31 January 1953
	Július Ďuriš	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
	Marek Smida	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of Chemical Industry	Jozef Púčik	KSČ	8 September 1951	21 December 1951
	Otakar Šimůnek	KSČ	21 December 1951	22 June 1954
	Jozef Púčik	KSČ	22 June 1954	12 December 1954
Minister of Railways	Josef Pospíšil	KSČ	1 August 1952	14 September 1953
Minister of Building Materials	Joseph Kyselý	SSO	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
Minister of Local Economy	Joseph Kyselý	SSO	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister of State Assets	Marek Smida	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
Minister of Energy	Bohumil Šrámek	KSČ	31 January 1953	14 September 1953
Minister without portfolio	Július Maurer	KSČ	31 January 1953	12 December 1954
Minister without portfolio	Zdeněk Nejedlý	KSČ	14 September 1953	12 December 1954
Minister and Chairman of the State Planning Office	Jaromír Dolanský	KSČ	5 April 1949	21 December 1951
	Jozef Púčik	KSČ	21 December 1951	22 June 1954
	Otakar Šimůnek	KSČ	22 June 1954	12 December 1954

References

^ "Přehled členů vlády". Vláda ČR. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
^ "JUDr. Jaromír Dolanský" (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
^ "BACÍLEK Karol 12.10.1896-19.3.1974 – Personal". biography.hiu.cas.cz. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
^ "ČNB". www.historie.cnb.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-08-04.
^ "Ladislav Štoll" (in Czech). Chamber of Deputies – Parliament of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
^ "Václav NOSEK: TOTALITA". www.totalita.cz. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
^ Volínová-Bernardová, Růžena (2003). Pohled zpět: život ve vírech 20. století : psáno v Readingu v letech 1999-2000 (in Czech). Akropolis. ISBN 9788073040291.

External links

website of the government of the Czech Republic

[1] "Přehled členů vlády". Vláda ČR. Retrieved 2021-08-16.

[2] "JUDr. Jaromír Dolanský" (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

[3] "BACÍLEK Karol 12.10.1896-19.3.1974 – Personal". biography.hiu.cas.cz. Retrieved 2021-09-18.

[:0-4] "ČNB". www.historie.cnb.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-08-04.

[5] "Ladislav Štoll" (in Czech). Chamber of Deputies – Parliament of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 2023-01-11.

[6] "Václav NOSEK: TOTALITA". www.totalita.cz. Retrieved 2021-08-15.

[7] Volínová-Bernardová, Růžena (2003). Pohled zpět: život ve vírech 20. století : psáno v Readingu v letech 1999-2000 (in Czech). Akropolis. ISBN 9788073040291.

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v t e Cabinets of Czechoslovakia
First Czechoslovak Republic	Masaryk (1918) Kramář (1918–1919) Tusar I (1919) Tusar II (1919–1920) Černý I (1920–1921) Beneš (1921–1922) Švehla I (1922–1925) Švehla II (1925–1926) Černý I\| (1926) Švehla III (1926–1929) Udržal I (1929) Udržal II (1929–1932) Malypetr I (1932–1934) Malypetr II (1934–1935) Malypetr III (1935) Hodža I (1935) Hodža II (1935–1937) Hodža III (1937–1938)
Second Czechoslovak Republic	Syrový I (1938) Syrový II (1938) Beran I (1938–1939)
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	Beran II (1939) Eliáš (1939–1942) Krejčí (1942–1945) Bienert (1945)
Government-in-exile	Šrámek I (1940–1942) Šrámek II (1942–1945)
Third Czechoslovak Republic	Fierlinger I (1945) Fierlinger II (1945–1946) Gottwald I (1946–1948) Gottwald II (1948)
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic	Zápotocký/Široký (1948–1954) Široký II (1954–1960) Široký III (1960–1963) Lenárt (1963–1968) Černík I (1968) Černík II (1969) Černík III (1969–1970) Štrougal I (1970–1971) Štrougal II (1971–1976) Štrougal III (1976–1981) Štrougal IV (1981–1986) Štrougal V (1986–1988) Štrougal VI (1988) Adamec (1988–1989)
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic	Čalfa I(1989–1990) Čalfa II (1990–1992) Stráský (1992)