27/05/1920 Tomáš Masaryk is elected President of Czechoslovakia
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk - first president of Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Gariggue Masaryk was both a founder and the 1st President of Czechoslovakia. The 1920 presidential election was the 1st contested presidential election in Czechoslovakia. Masaryk won against German medician August Naegle, receiving 284 electoral votes.