Vavro Šrobár

Vavro Šrobár
Vavro Šrobár, 1948
Minister of Health and Sports
In office
14 November 1918 – 15 September 1920
PresidentTomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Prime MinisterKarel Kramář
Vlastimil Tusar
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLadislav Prokop Procházka
Minister for the Administration of Slovakia
In office
14 November 1918 – 25 May 1920
PresidentTomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Prime MinisterKarel Kramář
Vlastimil Tusar
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byIvan Dérer
Minister of Unification
In office
25 May 1920 – 15 September 1920
PresidentTomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Prime MinisterVlastimil Tusar
Preceded byMilan Hodža
Succeeded byVladimír Fajnor
In office
25 February 1948 – 6 December 1950
PresidentEdvard Beneš
Klement Gottwald
Prime MinisterKlement Gottwald
Antonín Zápotocký
Preceded byMikuláš Franek
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Education and National Enlightenment
In office
26 September 1921 – 7 October 1922
PresidentTomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Prime MinisterJan Černý
Edvard Beneš
Preceded byJosef Šusta
Succeeded byRudolf Bechyně
Minister of Finance
In office
5 April 1945 – 2 July 1946
PresidentEdvard Beneš
Prime MinisterZdeněk Fierlinger
Preceded byJosef Kalfus
Succeeded byJaromír Dolanský
Personal details
BornVavrinec Ján Šrobár
(1867-08-09)9 August 1867
Died6 December 1950(1950-12-06) (aged 83)
PartySlovak National and Peasant Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Freedom Party
Alma materCharles University
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Vavrinec Ján Šrobár, known as Vavro Šrobár (9 August 1867 – 6 December 1950) was a Slovak medical doctor and politician. He was a major figure in Slovak politics in the interwar period.

Šrobár played an important role in the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and served in a variety of ministerial roles between the wars. He also served for many years as a representative in the Czechoslovak parliament and was a tenured professor in the history of medicine. Šrobár retired from public life before the outbreak of the Second World War, but following the war he resumed a ministerial career in the re-established Czechoslovak government in the five years before his death.