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| Born | 4 March 1874  |
| Died | 10 April 1959 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Politician, Clerical Officer |
| Children | Zdenek Černý |
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| Position held | Ministry of the Interior (1920–1922), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1920–1921) |
Jan Černý (4 March 1874 inUherský Ostroh,Moravia,Austria-Hungary – 10 April 1959 in Uherský Ostroh,Czechoslovakia) was a Czechoslovakcivil servant andpolitician. He was theprime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1921[1] and in 1926. He also served as the provincial president (governor) of Moravia in 1918–1920, 1921–1928 and 1929–1939.
Jan Černý was born into a furriers family in the small town ofUherský Ostroh, in the east of Moravia (Moravian Slovakia). He attended thegymnasium (a grammar school) inUherské Hradiště from 1885 to 1893. After studies at the Faculty of Law ofCharles University in Prague – he graduated in 1898[2] – he began professional career as a state servant (county director) inHodonín. From 1912 he was a senior department director in the Moravian governor's office (stadtholder government). At the time of the revolutionary establishment of Czechoslovakia,[3][4] being the highest-rankedCzech-speaking imperialstate servant in Moravia, he became the head of the local government for the new state on 29 November 1918.
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1920–1921 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1926 | Succeeded by |
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