Alexander Dubček

Alexander Dubček (November 27th 1921 - November 7th 1992) is a Czechoslovakian politician , as a general secretary of the Czechoslovakian Communist party, he is a figurehead of the Printemps of Prague in 1968.

Of 1989 with 1992, it occupies the position of president of the federal Parliament Czechoslovakian.

Occupied functions

1951 - 1955 and 1960 - 1968 and 1969 - 1970: member of/and in 1969 spokesperson of the federal Parliament (or National Assembly, called since 1969 federal Parliament)

1964 - 1970: member of the Slovak Parliament (Slovak National committee)

1955 - 1968: member of the Slovak Communist party, starting from 1962: member of the presidium, first secretary of the Central committee starting from 1963

1958 - 1969: member of the Czechoslovakian Communist party, secretary of 1960 with 1962, member of the presidium starting from 1962/first secretary of the Central committee starting from 1968

1969 - 1970: ambassador in Turkey

1970: excluded from the Communist party

1989 - 1992: member of party VPN (Citizens against violence)

1989 - 1992: spokesperson of the Czechoslovakian federal Parliament

1992: SSDS (Slovak social democrat Parti) chairs; elected official SSDS at the Parliament

Biography

Alexander Dubček is born in Uhrovec, in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia. It is high with the Kirghizstan, his father having left the the United States at the end of the Années 1920 following the Grande Depression to join a co-operative esperantist.

During the war, it enters resistance after having joined the Slovak Communist party in 1938.

It enters to the Political College to Moscow in 1955 and is graduate in 1958.

A generation after the seizure of power in February 1948, the Communist party loses ground and, with some other reformers (of which Ota Šik), Dubček launches the Printemps of Prague by preaching a Socialisme to human face. Ensuring Moscow of its unconditional support, it is however quickly overflowed by the liberal aspirations of its fellow-citizens. The Spring of Prague ends the August 21st 1968 with the invasion of the armies of the Warsaw Pact and the call of Dubček not to take the weapons.

It is excluded from the Communist party in 1970 and will join the political life only with the Révolution of velvet by supporting Václav Havel, even if it is perceived like belonging to the rear-guard by preaching a humanistic socialist vision .

He dies in Prague the November 7th 1992 of the continuations of a road accident. He was regarded as a " tchécoslovaquiste" , opposed to the partition of the Tchéquie and the Slovakia and in favor of the maintenance of the federal option.

Even too

Spring of Prague

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