Background
The son of a forester, Ripka was the diplomatic correspondent of the Czechoslovakian newspaper Lidové Noviny in the mid-1930s and an adviser to Czechoslovakian president Edvard Beneš.
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Hubert Ripka
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Education
Charles University in Prague.
Career
When France surrendered to German forces in 1940, Ripka moved to England and became Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Czechoslovakian government-in-exile. After Germany"s defeat in 1945, Ripka returned to Czechoslovakia and took office in the postwar government as Minister for Foreign Trade. With the Communist seizure of power in February 1948 Ripka left Czechoslovakia once more, remaining in exile until his death ten years later.
Membership
He was also a member of the Constituent National Assembly of Czechoslovakia from 1946 to 1948.
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Died
1958 (aged 63) -
Nationality
Czechoslovak