Vladimír Clementis

Vladimír Clementis
Clementis in 1948
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
18 March 1948  14 March 1950
Prime MinisterKlement Gottwald (1948)
Antonín Zápotocký (1948–1950)
Preceded byJan Masaryk
Succeeded byViliam Široký
Personal details
Born(1902-09-20)20 September 1902
Tisovec, Gömör és Kishont County, Kingdom of Hungary
Died3 December 1952(1952-12-03) (aged 50)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Political partyCzechoslovak Communist Party

Vladimír "Vlado" Clementis (20 September 1902 – 3 December 1952) was a Slovak politician, lawyer, publicist, literary critic, author and a prominent member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. Between 1948 and 1950, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. In 1952, he was accused of "Titoism" and "national deviation" during the Slánský trial and executed.