Jiří Stříbrný
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| Jiří Stříbrný | |
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Minister of Post and Telegraphs
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| In office 1918 – 1919 |
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Minister of Railroads
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| In office 1919 – 1920, 1922 – 1925 |
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Minister of Defense
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| In office 1925 – 1926 |
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| Born | January 14, 1880 Rokycany |
| Died | January 21, 1955 Jičín |
| Political party | Czechoslovak Socialist Party |
| Occupation | politician, businessman |
Jiří Stříbrný (January 14, 1880—January 21, 1955) was a Czech politician. He was one of the "founding fathers" of the Czechoslovak Republic, but became a quite controversial figure later on. He died in prison in 1955, after being charged with World War II collaboration, although the specifics of that remain unclear.
In 1926, Stříbrný will be ejected from the Czechoslovak Socialist Party, just a short time after general Radola Gajda was forced down from the military. Gadja openly admitted to be a supporter of Italian fascism, although some would say he was fired on command of Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš. Gajda was outing his grievances through the press holdings of Stříbrný, which sat not well with the Socialist Party leadership, under whom Beneš (although Stříbrný had not become particularly fond of Beneš as well).
Stříbrný thus founded his own party, the Slovak Socialist Party (Stranu slovanských socialistů), later Radical Socialist Party (Stranu radikálních socialistů), with which he participated in local elections. He cooperated with Gajda and Charles Pergler in the 1929 elections (Liga proti vázaným kandidátním listinám), becoming elected to the Chamber of Deputies again. In the 1930s, he worked together with Karel Kramář in the National Union (Narodni sjednoceni), which also included the like of František Mareš. At the end of the Second World War, Stříbrný will be arrested, and charged with collaboration. He died in 1955, in prison.
[edit] Further reading
- Libor Vykoupil (2003). Jiří Stříbrný. Portrét politika. Brno: Masaryk University.
