Died 1957-11-13.
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Antonín Zápotocký was a Czech communist politician and statesman in Czechoslovakia. He served as the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953, and then as President of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957.
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Born 19 December 1884 · Died 13 November 1957 · Q371854
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Died 1957-11-13.
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Awarded Order of Liberation (1957).
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Making him the second Czechoslovak President to die in office
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Awarded Order of the Star of the Romanian People's Republic (1956).
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Awarded Order of Karl Marx (1956).
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Awarded Royal Order of Cambodia (1956).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1955).
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Awarded Order of the Red Star of Labour (1955).
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Won Medal for Service to Homeland (1955).
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Awarded Decoration for Loyal Work (1955).
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Awarded Order of the National Flag, 1st class (1955).
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Awarded Order of Klement Gottwald (1955).
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Awarded Decoration for Devotion to Work (1955).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1955).
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Awarded Order of the Red Star (1955).
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Awarded Order of the Republic (1953).
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Awarded Order of Building of the Socialist Homeland (1953).
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Awarded Order of the White Lion (1953).
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Awarded Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic (1953).
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Awarded Military Order of the White Lion (1953).
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Awarded Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia) (1953).
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Awarded Czechoslovak Military Order for Freedom (1953).
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Awarded Order of the Slovak National Uprising (1953).
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Won Medal "For Bravery Before the Enemy" (1953).
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Won Czechoslovak Medal of Merit 1st Class (1953).
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Won Bachmac Commemorative Medal (1953).
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Won Commemorative medals of the Czechoslovak army abroad (1953).
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Career landmark: President of Czechoslovakia (1953–1957).
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Awarded Hungarian Order of Merit (1950).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Chrudim (1949).
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Awarded Order of February 25, 1st class (1949).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Plzeň (1948).
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Awarded Order of 9 September 1944 (1948).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1948–1953).
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Awarded Commemorative Decoration of the Second National Rising (1947).
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Awarded Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 (1947).
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Zápotocký returned to Czechoslovakia, where he was appointed chairman of the Central Council of Trade Unions and a member of the presidium of the Central Committee of the KSČ
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And the majority of the party leadership started operating clandestinely, Zápotocký and Jaromír Dolanský represented its official leadership until it was officially banned in December of that year
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Was among the organizers of a widespread strike in the Most area
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Awarded Karl Troop Cross (1918).
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Zápotocký emerged as one of the leaders of the left wing of the ČSSD
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Born 1884-12-19.
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