3 April 1945Constitution of CzechoslovakiaEduard Benes
Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces
Historical records for Czech Republic in 1945, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces
Appointed Minister of the Interior
Appointed President of Czechoslovakia. After the Prague uprising at the end of World War II, Benes returned home and reassumed his former position as President
Appointed Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces
Approves the programme for the restored state.
Prague uprising begins against German occupation.
Formally elected to his 2nd term as President
Formally elected to his 2nd term as President
Unanimously confirmed as the president of the republic by the National Assembly
Unanimously confirmed as the president of the republic by the National Assembly
Begins the Second Fierlinger Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Issues decrees reshaping citizenship, property and postwar settlement.
The Benes decrees Decrees of the President of the Republic expropriated citizens of German and Hungarian ethnicity, and paved the way for the eventual expulsion of the majority of Germans to West and East Germany
Helps liberate Brno
Helps liberate Prague
Benes presided over a coalition Government involving Democrats and Communists, with the Communist leader Klement Gottwald as Prime Minister
The Benes decrees Decrees of the President of the Republic expropriated citizens of German and Hungarian ethnicity, and paved the way for the eventual expulsion of the majority of Germans to West and East Germany.
Appointed Minister of Defence
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