Antonín Novotný
Politician
1904 – 1975
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Who was Antonín Novotný?
Antonín Novotný was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968, and also held the post of President of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968. A hardline supporter of Stalinism before and after the death of the Soviet leader, Novotný was forced to yield the reins of power to Alexander Dubček during the short-lived reform movement of 1968.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1904
Letňany - Also known as
- Antonin Novotny
- Religion
- Atheism
- Lived in
- Prague
- Died
- Jan 28, 1975
Prague
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on July 23, 2013
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