Klement Gottwald Military Political Academy

The former dormitory of the academy.

The Klement Gottwald Military Political Academy (Czech: Vojenská politická akademie Klementa Gottwalda, abbreviation VPA KG) was a military academy under the Main Political Administration of the Czechoslovak People's Army. It was based in Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak Socialist Republic, a federal subject of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (and later Czech and Slovak Federative Republic). prepared cadres for the political apparatus of the Czechoslovak People's Army.[1][2]

History

Its predecessor institution was a military political school first located in Prague, from 1953 to 1969.[3] After the abolition of the academy in Prague, the so-called Faculty of Social Sciences in Bratislava was established on 1 September 1969, forming part of the Antonín Zápotocký Military Academy in Brno (currently the University of Defence). On 31 August 1972, this faculty was abolished and on its basis the Military Political Academy in Bratislava was established on 1 September 1972.  After the Velvet Revolution, it was renamed the Higher Military Pedagogical School. In 1993, the school was merged with the Military Technical School under the name Military Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš.[4]

Academics

The academy was one of the few schools whose graduates received the title of Doctor of Social and Political Sciences. Graduates worked as political instructors, supervisory officers responsible for the political education (ideology) of the units on behalf of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.[5]

Heads

  • Brigadier General Jiří Reindl (1972-1989)[6]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CIA Information Report" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "psyopsinsignia / CZECHOSLOVAKIA". psyopsinsignia.pbworks.com. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  3. ↑ "Image 387 of East Germany : a country study | Library of Congress". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  4. ↑ "44 – Československá armáda". armada.vojenstvi.cz. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  5. ↑ "Studoval komunistickou školu a teď šéfuje vojenské policii". ct24.ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  6. ↑ "Vojenská politická akademie [1972-1990] : Vojenské vysoké školy". Valka.cz (in Czech). 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
  7. ↑ Šmídová, Petra (10 January 2023). "Nerudová, Pavel, Babiš nebo Fischer: Čeho se (ne)vzdají jejich drahé polovičky". Vlasta.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Zemřel politik Milan Feranec". Ekonomický deník (in Czech). 2025-01-10. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  9. ↑ Stratilík, Ondřej (2017-05-15). "Tajemství velitelky. Generálka Šmerdová studovala na ideologické škole". euro.cz. Internet Info. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
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