Antonín Pospíšil

{{Short description|Czechoslovak politician (1903-1973)}}

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Antonín Pospíšil (10 June 1903, Mouřínov{{cite book |last1=Tomeš |first1=Josef |last2=Léblová |first2=Alena |title=Československý biografický slovník |date=1992 |publisher=Encyklopedický Inst. ČSAV |isbn=978-80-200-0443-7 |page=562 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmlmAAAAMAAJ&q=Anton%C3%ADn+Posp%C3%AD%C5%A1il+%2210.6.1903%22 |access-date=3 November 2024 |language=cs}} – 15 June 1973, Prague) was a Czechoslovak politician of the Catholic Czechoslovakian People's Party during the Communist Party's rule, when other legal parties had to play the role of CP satellites. From 1949 to 1952 Pospíšil was the general secretary of the People's Party{{reference needed|date=November 2024}} and from 1968 to 1973 the chairman of the party as successor of the priest Josef Plojhar.{{cite book |last1=Pehr |first1=Michal |title=Cestami křest̕anské politiky: biografický slovník k dějinám křst̕anských stran v českých zemích |date=2007 |publisher=Akropolis |isbn=978-80-86903-53-8 |page=313 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUAmAQAAIAAJ&q=Anton%C3%ADn+Posp%C3%AD%C5%A1il+%221968%22+1973 |access-date=3 November 2024 |language=cs}} From 1951 to 1957 Pospíšil was the minister of transport and electricity. He was later minister without portfolio.