Jiří Stříbrný

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Jiří Stříbrný
Minister of Post and Telegraphs
In office 1918 – 1919
Minister of Railroads
In office 1919 – 1920, 1922 – 1925
Minister of Defense
In office 1925 – 1926

Born	January 14, 1880(1880-01-14) Rokycany
Died	January 21, 1955 (aged 75) 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 did not sit well with the Socialist Party leadership, under Beneš (although Stříbrný was not particularly fond of Beneš as well).

Stříbrný 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), getting elected to the Chamber of Deputies again. In the 1930s, he worked with Karel Kramář in the National Union (Narodni sjednoceni), which also included the likes of František Mareš. At the end of the Second World War, Stříbrný was arrested and charged with collaboration. He died in prison in 1955.