František Udržal

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František Udržal listen (help·info) (born 1 January 1866 in Dolní Roveň, Pardubice region, Bohemia - died 25 April 1938 in Prague) was a Czechoslovakian politician.

A member and leader of the powerful Agrarian Party, his political career started as member of the local parliament of Bohemia, then of parliament of Austria-Hungary, then of parliament of Czechoslovakia. He served seven years as minister of defense and four years as prime minister of Czechoslovakia (1 February 1929 - 24 October 1932) in two periods (1. 2.1929 - 7.12.1929 and 7.12.1929 - 29.10.1932).

[edit] See also

• History of Czechoslovakia
• List of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia

[edit] External links

• Transcript from parliament with his short bio (in Czech)

Preceded by Antonín Švehla

Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–1932

Succeeded by Jan Malypetr

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia First Republic Karel Kramář · Vlastimil Tusar · Jan Černý (1920–21; 1926) · Edvard Beneš · Antonín Švehla (1922–26; 1926-29) · František Udržal · Jan Malypetr · Milan Hodža · Jan Syrový Second Republic Jan Syrový · Rudolf Beran Government in exile Jan Šrámek · Zdeněk Fierlinger Transition to Communism Zdeněk Fierlinger · Klement Gottwald Communist era Klement Gottwald · Antonín Zápotocký · Viliam Široký · Jozef Lenárt · Oldřich Černík · Lubomír Štrougal · Ladislav Adamec after the Velvet Revolution Marián Čalfa (1989–92) · Jan Stráský (1992)