Vavro Šrobár
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Vavrinec Ján Šrobár, known as Vavro Šrobár (9 August 1867 – 6 December 1950) was a Slovak medical doctor and politician. He was a major figure in Slovak politics in the interwar period.
Vavro Šrobár | |
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Minister of Health and Sports | |
In office 14 November 1918 – 15 September 1920 | |
President | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
Prime Minister | Karel Kramář Vlastimil Tusar |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Ladislav Prokop Procházka |
Minister for the Administration of Slovakia | |
In office 14 November 1918 – 25 May 1920 | |
President | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
Prime Minister | Karel Kramář Vlastimil Tusar |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Ivan Dérer |
Minister of Unification | |
In office 25 May 1920 – 15 September 1920 | |
President | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
Prime Minister | Vlastimil Tusar |
Preceded by | Milan Hodža |
Succeeded by | Vladimír Fajnor |
In office 25 February 1948 – 6 December 1950 | |
President | Edvard Beneš Klement Gottwald |
Prime Minister | Klement Gottwald Antonín Zápotocký |
Preceded by | Mikuláš Franek |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Minister of Education and National Enlightenment | |
In office 26 September 1921 – 7 October 1922 | |
President | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
Prime Minister | Jan Černý Edvard Beneš |
Preceded by | Josef Šusta |
Succeeded by | Rudolf Bechyně |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 5 April 1945 – 2 July 1946 | |
President | Edvard Beneš |
Prime Minister | Zdeněk Fierlinger |
Preceded by | Josef Kalfus |
Succeeded by | Jaromír Dolanský |
Personal details | |
Born | Vavrinec Ján Šrobár (1867-08-09)9 August 1867 Lisková, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 6 December 1950(1950-12-06) (aged 83) Olomouc, Czechoslovakia |
Nationality | Slovak |
Political party | Slovak National and Peasant Party Republican Party Democratic Party Freedom Party |
Alma mater | Charles University |
Šrobár played an important role in the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and served in a variety of ministerial roles between the wars. He also served for many years as a representative in the Czechoslovak parliament and was a tenured professor in the history of medicine. Šrobár retired from public life before the outbreak of the Second World War, but following the war he resumed a ministerial career in the re-established Czechoslovak government in the five years before his death.