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Richard Bienert
Richard Bienert
	Richard Bienert (okolo r. 1927)
Born	5 September 1881 ; Smíchov
Died	3 February 1949 (aged 67); Prague
Resting place	Olšany Cemetery
Alma mater	Faculty of Law ;
Occupation	Politician, official
Children	Richard Bienert
Position held	Prime minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1945–1945)

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Richard Bienert (September 5, 1881 – February 2, 1949) was a Czech high-ranking police officer and politician. He served as prime minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from January 19 to May 5, 1945. After World War II he was sentenced to prison for collaboration with Nazis.

Career

Born in Prague, Bienert came from a family of magistrates clerks from that city and after he finished law studies at Prague University he also entered the state service. Some of his ancestors were of German-Bohemian ethnic descent and had assimilated into Czech society. From 1906 he worked as a police official for police in Prague and in January 1918 he even became a clerk in the Presidium of the Police in Prague. During World War I Bienert cooperated closely with the Czech resistance movement and after the proclamation of Czechoslovak independence in October 1918 he was rewarded with an appointment to the position of Prague Police Director. Later in the 1930s he also became the Provincial President in the Land of Bohemia.

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, he was briefly arrested by the Germans but soon released in exchange for a pledge of loyalty. In 1942, after prime minister Eliáš was arrested by Heydrich, Bienert was appointed to minister of interior under the new prime minister Jaroslav Krejčí. In 1945 Bienert replaced Krejčí in this position and at the same time also served as the substitute for seriously ill president Hácha.

In an agreement with state secretary Frank, Bienert tried to broadcast the statement on the dissolution of the Protectorate (which should be replaced by Czech puppet state still controlled by Germans) on 5 May 1945. However the same morning the Prague uprising broke out and Bienert was captured by insurgents in the broadcasting room of City Hall.

After the end of World War II, Bienert was tried for treason and collaboration with the Nazis, but because of many mitigating circumstances he was sentenced to only three years in prison. Due to poor health, he was released prematurely in 1947, and died in Prague two years later.

External links

Biography (in Czech)
Members of Bienert's government, 19.1.1945 - 5.5.1945 at the Wayback Machine (archived May 27, 2008) (in Czech)

Government offices
Preceded by Jaroslav Krejčí	Prime Minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1945	Succeeded by Zdeněk Fierlinger Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia

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-'''Richard Bienert''' (September 5, 1881 - February 2, 1949, both in [[Prague]]) was a [[Czechoslovakia]]n politician. He served as [[Prime Minister]] of the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] from January 19, 1945 to May 5, 1945. He also served in protectorate governments as minister of interior. His ancestors originated of German Bohemian ethnic descent which had assimilated into Czech society.
+'''Richard Bienert''' (September 5, 1881 – February 2, 1949) was a [[Czechs|Czech]] high-ranking police officer and politician. He served as [[prime minister]] of the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] from January 19 to May 5, 1945. After [[World War II]] he was sentenced to prison for [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|collaboration]] with [[Nazism|Nazis]].
+== Career ==
-Bienert was named as successor of prime minister [[Jaroslav Krejčí]] and also as substitute for president Hácha. After the end of [[World War II]], he was sentenced to three years in prison, was released prematurely in 1947, and died two years later.
+Born in Prague, Bienert came from a family of magistrates clerks from that city and after he finished law studies at [[Prague University]] he also entered the state service. Some of his ancestors were of German-Bohemian ethnic descent and had assimilated into Czech society. From 1906 he worked as a police official for [[police]] in Prague and in January 1918 he even became a clerk in the Presidium of the Police in Prague. During [[World War I]] Bienert cooperated closely with the [[Maffia|Czech resistance]] movement and after the proclamation of Czechoslovak independence in October 1918 he was rewarded with an appointment to the position of Prague Police Director. Later in the 1930s he also became the Provincial President in the Land of [[Bohemia]].
+After the [[German occupation of Czechoslovakia]] in 1939, he was briefly arrested by the Germans but soon released in exchange for a pledge of loyalty. In 1942, after prime minister [[Alois Eliáš|Eliáš]] was arrested by [[Reinhard Heydrich|Heydrich]], Bienert was appointed to minister of interior under the new prime minister [[Jaroslav Krejčí]]. In 1945 Bienert replaced Krejčí in this position and at the same time also served as the substitute for seriously ill president [[Emil Hácha|Hácha]].
+In an agreement with [[Karl Hermann Frank|state secretary Frank]], Bienert tried to broadcast the statement on the dissolution of the Protectorate (which should be replaced by Czech puppet state still controlled by Germans) on 5 May 1945. However the same morning the [[Prague uprising]] broke out and Bienert was captured by insurgents in the broadcasting room of [[Old Town Hall (Prague)|City Hall]].
+After the end of [[World War II]], Bienert was tried for [[treason]] and [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|collaboration]] with the Nazis, but because of many [[mitigating circumstances]] he was sentenced to only three years in prison. Due to poor health, he was released prematurely in 1947, and died in Prague two years later.
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