Václav Fresl was a Czech politician

Politician

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 of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was a member of the Czech National Socialist Party

Czech National Socialist Party

The Czech National Socialist Party , abbreviated to ČSNS 2005, is a centre-left political party in the Czech Republic. Founded in 2005 by members of the Czech National Social Party because of financial problems of that party. ČSNS 2005 is committed to the heritage of the First Republic Czechoslovak...

 from Pilsen/Plzeň and was a member of the Imperial Parliament in Vienna

Vienna

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. Fresl was a close collaborator of Václav Klofáč

Václav Klofác

Václav Jaroslav Klofáč was a Czech politician and one of the founders of the Czech National Social Party. He was born in 1868 in Německý Brod...

 and was infamous in Austria

Austria

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n parliamentary circles as a leader in the disruptions that often paralyzed the Austrian parliament. Fresl once kept the parliament from transacting its business by speaking for more than 13 hours straight, after which he had to be carried from the hall by supporters.