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Benes (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Beneš "Edvard Beneš (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛdvard ˈbɛnɛʃ] ; 17 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia twice, from 1935–1938 and 1939–1948. He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs (1918–1935), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1921–1922) and the President of Czechoslovakia in exile (1939–1945)." "From 1918 to 1935, Beneš was the first and longest-serving Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia, a post he held through 10 successive governments, one of which he headed himself from 1921 to 1922. He served in parliament from 1920–1925 and from 1929–1935. He represented Czechoslovakia in talks on the Treaty of Versailles."

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.

• Art Siegel said:

  see also