National Front (Czechoslovakia)

The National Front (in Czech: Národní fronta, in Slovak: Národný front) was a political coalition created in 1943 serving as united front of political parties for liberation of Czechoslovakia, after 1948 organized solely by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. it was the vehicle for control of all political and social activity by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). It was also known in English as the National Front of Czechs and Slovaks.

National Front of
Czechs and Slovaks
Národní fronta Čechů a Slováků (Czech)
Národný front Čechov a Slovákov (Slovak)
Founded1943
Dissolved1990
HeadquartersPrague, Czechoslovakia
NewspaperMladá fronta (1945–1953)
Ideology1943–1948:
Anti-fascism
State socialism
Social democracy
Christian democracy
1948–1990:
Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Stalinism (until 1956)
Political positionFar-left
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