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Edvard Beneš

1884–1948 · 20th century

Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician who worked with Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk for Czechoslovak independence and served as foreign minister from 1918 to 1935. As president from 1935, he resigned after the Munich Agreement of 1938, led the government in exile in London and returned in 1945. He signed the decrees expelling the Germans and resigned in June 1948 after the communist takeover.

Edvard Beneš
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