Hana Sachsová (17 September 1907 – 14 April 1987) was a Czechoslovak politician and educator who served as a member of both the

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and the succeeding Federal Assembly. Outside of politics, she served as the director of a and published several books specializing in pedagogy.

Biography

Hana Sachsová was born on 17 September 1907 in

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and educated at the

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. In the 1950s and 1960s, she wrote several books on education, most of which specialized in pedagogy or atheist education. As of 1968, she worked as the director of a . In the 1964 Czechoslovak parliamentary election, Sachsová was elected for the

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(KSČ) to the

for the Prague constituency. She sat in the National Assembly from 14 June 1964 until the end of the parliamentary term on 31 December 1968. During the

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, she was part of the party's reform current. In March 1968, she responded to the ''

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s poll regarding the resignation of President

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as follows: "I am glad that the situation will finally be resolved, the management will be consolidated and everything progressive that was said these days can be implemented. However, it is necessary to consolidate the government and the Central Committee of the party." Following the federalization of Czechoslovakia, Sachsová was elected in 1969 to the Chamber of People for Vinohrady II, where she remained until her resignation on 2 February 1970. She died on 14 April 1987.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sachsova, Hana 1907 births 1987 deaths Members of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia (1964–1968) Members of the Chamber of the People of Czechoslovakia (1969–1971) Czechoslovak women in politics Politicians from Prague Czech educational theorists 20th-century educational theorists 20th-century women educational theorists Charles University alumni