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Beneš, Edvard

Date of birth:
May 28th, 1884 (Kožlany, Austria-Hungary)
Date of death:
September 3rd, 1948 (Sezimovo Ústí, Czechoslovakia)
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

Biography

1939-1945: President of Czechoslovak government-in-exile.

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1919
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1914-1918
Awarded on:
1920
Order of St. Sava 1st Class
Awarded on:
1921
Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Mare Cruce
Awarded on:
1921
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
Awarded on:
1922
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

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