Ivan Dérer

Ivan Dérer (2 March 1884 in Malacky, Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia) – 10 March 1973 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a prominent Slovak politician, lawyer, journalist and regional chairman of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in Slovakia. Serving in 1920 as Minister for Administration of Slovakia, in 1939 to 1934 as Minister of Education and from 1934 to 1938 as Minister of Justice.[1][2] He was one of the signers of Martin Declaration in 1918. His son, Vladimir Derer was a prominent British Labour Party activist who founded the influential Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.

Ivan Dérer
Minister of Justice of Czechoslovakia
In office
14 February 1934 – 22 September 1938
Preceded byAlfréd Meissner
Succeeded byVladimír Fajnor
Minister of Education of Czechoslovakia
In office
7 December 1929 – 14 February 1934
Preceded byAnton Štefánek
Succeeded byJan Krčmář
Personal details
Born(1884-03-02)2 March 1884
Malacky, Austria-Hungary
(now Slovakia)
Died10 March 1973(1973-03-10) (aged 89)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political partyČSDSD
SP
Alma materBudapest University

References
  1. Ivan Dérer at osobnosti.sk (in Slovak)
  2. http://www.historiecssd.cz/d/derer-ivan/


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