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| Ed⋅u⋅ard [e-doo-ahrt] , 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48. |
| Be·neš (běn'ěsh') Czechoslovakian politician who was foreign minister (1918-1935) and president (1935-1938) until the German occupation forced him to flee the country. On his return he was again elected president (1946) but resigned after refusing to sign a Communist constitution (1948). |
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