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A scholar in politics
Tomeš, Josef
The paper sums up and evaluates the political activities of the prominent Czech natural scientist Professor Bohumil Němec (1873-1966). It mentions his work in the progressive movement at the end of the 19th century, in the Young Czech Party after 1907 and in the national democratic party in the interwar period, his role in the home resistance during the World War I, his part at the proclamation of the independent Czechoslavak state, in the Chamber of Deputies, Senate and National Czechoslovak Council. It details the background of his candidacy for the President of the Republic in December 1935, when he stood against Edvard Beneš and earned a harsh criticism from the political faction of the "Castle". It observes his confrontation with the political situation after the World War II and the ambivalent attitude of the Communist regime towards his personality. In the end, it reveals his recollections of the presidential election of 1935 written down in the diaries during his last years. It proves that Bohumil Němec was a homo politicus for all his life with clearly defined liberal-nationalist conviction and that his presidential candidacy was a decision of a politically mature and experienced man.

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