Antonín Janoušek
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Antonín Janoušek (22 August 1877, in Nymburk – 30 March 1941) was a Czech journalist and communist who was the leader of the short-lived Slovak Soviet Republic.
Early life and career[]
Originally an engine fitter, in 1895, Janoušek became a member of the Social Democratic Party. In 1906, he became a workers journalists and a functionary of workers associations in Austria-Hungary.
Communist activities[]
In 1919, he led the Czech and Slovak section at the central committee of the Hungarian Communist Party. During the period 20 June - 7 July 1919, he was the “chairman of the revolutionary committee” (predseda revolučného výboru) of the short-lived Slovak Soviet Republic. In 1920, he was sentenced by the Horthy regime in Hungary, then delivered to Czechoslovak authorities. In 1922, he moved to Soviet Russia, where he became a functionary of the International Workers Aid Council.
He lived in Cheboksary, Chuvashia. Janoušek died "in bed" as reported by the historian V. Nálevka.[1]
References[]
- Příruční slovník naučný 1962 (encyclopedia by Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences): volume II, page 338.
- 1877 births
- 1941 deaths
- 19th-century Czech people
- 20th-century Czech people
- 20th-century Slovak people
- 20th-century Hungarian people
- Czech communists
- Czech politicians
- Czechoslovak politicians
- Slovak politicians
- Prime Ministers of Slovakia
- Hungarian Communist Party politicians
- Slovak people of Czech descent
- Hungarian people of Czech descent
- People from Nymburk