Alexander Dubček
| Alexander Dubček | |
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Alexander Dubček in 1989
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| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office 5 January 1968 – 17 April 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Antonín Novotný |
| Succeeded by | Gustáv Husák |
| Chairman of Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office 28 December 1989 – 25 June 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Alois Indra |
| Succeeded by | Michal Kováč |
| Chairman of Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office 28 April 1969 – 15 October 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Colotka |
| Succeeded by | Dalibor Hanes |
| Personal details | |
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27 November 1921 Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Died | 7 November 1992 (aged 70) Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
Communist Party of Slovakia (1939-1948) |
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Communist Party of Slovakia (1939-1948)
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1948–1970)
Public Against Violence (1989-1992)
Alexander Dubček (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈaleksander ˈdupt͡ʃek]; 27 November 1921 – 7 November 1992) was a Slovak politician and, briefly, leader of Czechoslovakia (1968–1969). He attempted to reform the communist regime during the Prague Spring but he was forced to resign following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Later, after the overthrow of the government in 1989, he was Chairman of the federal Czechoslovak parliament. Also in 1989, the European Parliament awarded Dubček the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
Dubček was born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia, on 27 November 1921 and raised in the Kyrgyz SSR of the Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) as a member of the Esperantist and Idist industrial cooperative Interhelpo. Alexander Dubček was conceived in Chicago, but born after the family relocated to Czechoslovakia. When Alexander Dubček was three, the family moved to the Soviet Union, in part to help build socialism and in part because jobs were scarce in Czechoslovakia. In 1938, the family returned to Czechoslovakia.
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