Antonín Novotný
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Antonín Josef Novotný was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968, and as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968.
Antonín Novotný in 1968
Antonin Novotny during a United Nations meeting in New York City, September 1960
Alexander Dubček
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Alexander Dubček was a Slovak statesman who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from January 1968 to April 1969 and as Chai
Antonín Novotný
…as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968. An ardent hardliner, Novotný was forced to yield the reins of power to Alexander Dubček during the short-lived reform movement of 1968. Antonín Novotný was born in Letňany, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now part of Prague, Czech Republic). The…
Dubček in 1968
Dubček (right) and Rudolf Chmel at an event in Budapest, July 1990
Plaque commemorating Dubček's service as chairman of the Czechoslovak Parliament 1989–1992, on the wall of the National Museum in Prague
Dubček's grave