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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Karel Baxa

Mayor of Prague

In office

15 June 1919 – 5 April 1937

Preceded by Přemysl Šámal

Succeeded by Petr Zenkl

 President of Constitutional Court of Czechoslovakia

In office

17 November 1921 – 5 January 1938

Succeeded by Jaroslav Krejčí

Personal details

Born 24 June 1863

Sedlčany, Austrian Empire

Died 5 January 1938 (aged 74)

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Political party Young Czech Party

ČSNS (1919-1938)

Spouse Amelia Jurković

Children Three

Alma mater Charles University

Occupation Politician, judge, lawyer

Karel Baxa (24 June 1863 – 5 January 1938) was a Czech politician in Austro-

Hungarian Monarchy and then in Czechoslovakia. He is most known for his long term
position as mayor of Prague (Primátor hlavního města Prahy).

Advocacy[edit]
Baxa, nephew of journalist Karel Havlíček Borovský, was born in Sedlčany. He studied
gymnasium, finishing in 1881, and continued to study law at the Charles University in
Prague, finishing in 1888. Later, he worked at the courts in Tábor and Cheb and from
1891 he was an advocate in Prague. Baxa frequently defended Czech journalists during
the state of emergency (1893) and was also the defendant of youth activists accused
during the Omladina Trial (1893/94). He was the lawyer of the victim's family during
the Hilsner Affair (1899), opposing the views of Tomáš Masaryk and spreading heavy
antisemitic campaign.
Political career[edit]
Baxa became a member of the radical movement (radikálně pokrokové hnutí), a section
of the Young Czechs political party. In 1895 he vas elected into the local parliament of
Bohemia, staying there until 1913. During 1901–1918 Baxa was also a member of the
imperial parliament in Vienna (Wiener Reichsrat).
In 1899 he co-founded, together with Alois Rašín and several others, a new patriotic
political party (Státoprávně radikální strana) whose programme asked for the
establishment of an independent Czech state. Baxa was leader of this party until 1908,
when it split and Baxa, together with many members joined another party (Česká strana
státoprávně pokroková). In 1911 he joined the Czech National Social Party (later known
under different names) and stayed there until his death in Prague in 1938.

Mayor of Prague[edit]
After the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, Baxa was named mayor of Prague. In
1922 he assumed the role of mayor of Greater Prague (roughly today's city of Prague).
He was elected three more times: in 1923, 1927 and 1932. In 1937 he left the position
because of old age. During his service as a mayor the city witnessed major
development of infrastructure and of social, cultural and medicine institutions. Baxa was
portrayed as initiator and supporter of this development.
Baxa had a distaste for ethnic Germans and on occasions proposed or supported limits
on the use of German language in Prague.
Other important positions of Baxa were: from 1920 chairman of constitution court
(předseda Ústavního soudu Československé republiky), from 1923 chairman of the
board of directors of the Czech Bank (předseda správní rady České banky), during
1928–1937 member of state representation of Bohemia (člen českého zemského
zastupitelstva), chairman of Czech ski club.

References[edit]
 Otto Urban: Česká společnost 1848-1918, Prague, 1982
 František Kolář et al.: Politická elita meziválečného Československa 1918-
1938, Prague, 1998 ISBN 80-901509-8-5
 Antonín Kratochvíl: Dějiny města Sedlčan; Sedlčany, Staněk, 1938

External links[edit]
 Biography (in Czech)

Political offices

Preceded by Mayor of Prague Succeeded by

1919 – 1937
 Přemysl
Petr Zenkl
Šámal

See also: Baxa

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