František Udržal was a Czechoslovakia

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A member and leader of the powerful Agrarian Party

Agrarian Party of Czechoslovakia

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, his political career started as member of the local parliament of Bohemia

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, then of parliament

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 of Austria-Hungary

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, then of parliament of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

. He served seven years as minister of defense and four years as prime minister of Czechoslovakia (1 February 1929 - 24 October 1932) in two periods (1. 2.1929 - 7.12.1929 and 7.12.1929 - 29.10.1932).

External links

• Transcript from parliament with his short bio