Antonín Švehla was a Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

n politician. He served three terms as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia. He is regarded as one of the most important political figures of the First Czechoslovak Republic; he was the leader of the Agrarian Party

Agrarian Party of Czechoslovakia

The Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People was an agrarian party of Czechoslovakia, seen as representing big business and agriculture.-Names of the Party:...

, which was dominant within the Pětka

Petka

Petka may refer to:* Pětka or Committee of Five, a Czechoslovak organization* Saint Petka, an ascetic female saint from the Eastern Roman Empire* Petka , a village in Serbia* Petka, Belgrade, a suburb of Lazarevac, Belgrade, Serbia...

, which was largely his own invention. Švehla is also credited with the slogan of the Pětka: "We have agreed that we will agree."

See also

• First Republic of Czechoslovakia
  First Republic of Czechoslovakia
  -Independence:The Czechoslovak declaration of independence was published by the Czechoslovak National Council, signed by Masaryk, Štefánik and Beneš on October 18, 1918 in Paris, and proclaimed on October 28 in Prague...