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Václav Benda

Czech senator of Czech Parliament, politician and philosopher (1946-1999) · Czechia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 52

Václav Benda was a Czech Roman Catholic activist, intellectual and mathematician. Under Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, Benda and his wife were rare in that they were devout Roman Catholics among the leadership of the anti-communist dissident organization Charter 77.

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Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland2022
Honorary Citizen of Prague 22004
Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class
Participant in the Resistance and Resistance Against Communism

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After the Velvet Revolution, Benda became the head of an organization charged with investigating the former Czechoslovak secret police and their many informants.

Country
Czechia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1946 to 1999 · aged 52