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Also Known As Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Born March 7, 1850 • Austria
Died September 14, 1937 (aged 87) • Czechoslovakia
Title / Office president (1918-1935), Czechoslovakia
Political Affiliation Young Czechs

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