1948 Czechoslovak presidential election

none 1948 Czechoslovak presidential election Czech Republic presidential no 1946 Czechoslovak presidential election 1946 1953 Czechoslovak presidential election 1953 14 June 1948 x150px Klement Gottwald Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 296 100% President Edvard Beneš Czechoslovak National Socialist Party Klement Gottwald Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The 1948 Czechoslovak presidential election took place on 14 June 1948. Klement Gottwald was elected the first Communist president of Czechoslovakia.Dělnický prezident Klement Gottwald http://www.moderni-dejiny.cz/clanek/delnicky-prezident-klement-gottwald/ www.moderni-dejiny.cz 3 February 2018 cs Background The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia finished first in the 1946 parliamentary election and formed a new government with party leader Klement Gottwald as Prime Minister. The party used its influence to take over the country in a 1948 coup d'etat.1948 - Volba prezidenta 2008 (Český rozhlas) http://www.rozhlas.cz/prezident08/prezidentskevolby/_zprava/424779 www.rozhlas.cz 3 February 2018 cs 4 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180204070417/http://www.rozhlas.cz/prezident08/prezidentskevolby/_zprava/424779 dead The incumbent president Edvard Beneš was unable to resist and resigned on 7 June 1948.Výročí dne – 7. června 1948: Prezident Edvard Beneš abdikoval http://zivotopisyonline.cz/vyroci-dne-7-cervna-1948-prezident-edvard-benes-abdikoval/ zivotopisyonline.cz 7 June 2012 3 February 2018 cs-CZ In accordance with the 1920 Constitution, Gottwald took over most presidential duties pending the election of a permanent successor. When negotiations began, two candidates were proposed–Gottwald and Culture Minister Zdeněk Nejedlý. It was eventually decided that Gottwald would be nominated in order to legitimate the Communist regime.Deset mužů z Hradu: Klement Gottwald - dělnický faraón, který se utápěl v alkoholu http://www.reflex.cz/clanek/historie/84831/deset-muzu-z-hradu-klement-gottwald-delnicky-faraon-ktery-se-utapel-v-alkoholu.html Reflex.cz 4 February 2018 cs References Presidential 1948 Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Elections in Communist Czechoslovakia