Ivan Dérer (2 March 1884 in
Malacka,
Kingdom of Hungary
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– 10 March 1973 in
Prague
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,
Czechoslovakia
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) 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, from 1929 to 1934 as Minister of Education, and from 1934 to 1938 as Minister of Justice.
He was one of the signers of
Martin Declaration in 1918, and as a member of the Slovak National Council, he brought this document to Prague, where he was appointed as a member of the
Revolutionary National Assembly. He was affiliatied with the Hlasists, a group of Slovak followers of
T. G. Masaryk. Dérer was also supporter of
Czechoslovakism
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and strongly opposed Slovak separatism and
clerofascism (''
ľuďáks'').
His son,
Vladimir Derer was a prominent
British Labour Party
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activist who founded the influential
Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.
References
External links
Ivan Dérer, malackepohlady.sk
1884 births
1973 deaths
People from Malacky
People from the Kingdom of Hungary
Czech Social Democratic Party politicians
National Labour Party (1938) politicians
Labour Party (Slovakia) politicians
Justice ministers of Czechoslovakia
Education ministers of Czechoslovakia
Members of the Revolutionary National Assembly of Czechoslovakia
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1920–1925)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1925–1929)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1929–1935)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1935–1939)
Budapest University alumni
Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
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