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Leader | Stanislav Kubr Josef Žďárský Antonín Švehla Rudolf Beran |
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Founded | 6 January 1899 |
Dissolved | 22 November 1938 |
Merged into | Party of National Unity |
Headquarters | Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia |
Newspaper | Venkov |
Think tank | Association of Agrarian Academics |
Youth wing | Republican Youth of Czechoslovak Countryside |
Membership (1936) | 670 000 |
Ideology | Agrarianism Conservatism |
Political position | Centre-right |
International affiliation | International Agrarian Bureau |
Colours | Green |
The Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants (Czech: Republikánská strana zemědělského a malorolnického lidu, Slovak: Republikánska strana zemedelského a maloroľníckeho ľudu, RSZML) was a centre-right agrarian party of Czechoslovakia, seen as representing big business and agriculture. In the period up to 1935 it was the biggest and most influential political party in the country. Led by Antonín Švehla and Milan Hodža, the party influenced Czechoslovak politics between World War I and World War II. It participated in the Pětka coalition governments, and it was a member of the International Agrarian Bureau.