This Prague Spring leader who died in 1992 "had been mentioned" as a possible president of Slovakia
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Alexander Dubcek - findingDulcinea  He initiated the "Prague Spring," a period of liberalization in the socialist ... 13 telephone conversation, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev accused Dubcek of outright deceit. ... 7, 1992, Dubcek died due to injuries sustained in a car crash, less than two ... the breakup, had been mentioned as a possible president of Slovakia.
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Alexander Dubcek, 70, Dies in Prague - The New York Times  Alexander Dubcek, the Czechoslovak leader whose bold attempt in 1968 ... Published: November 9, 1992 ... the collapse of his "Prague Spring" in 1968, remained a popular figure. ... had been mentioned as a possible candidate to become President ... At his death, Mr. Dubcek was the leader of Slovakia's Social Democrats.
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CZECH LEADER ALEXANDER DUBCEK DIES - The Washington Post  Nov 8, 1992 ... 1 near Prague, the Czechoslovak capital, died of "failure of vital organs," ... and Slovaks for his role in the brief period known as the "Prague Spring. ... He had been mentioned as a possible candidate for the presidency of the ... for their efforts to oust hard-line president and party leader Antonin Novotny,...
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Alexander Dubcek, 70, Czechoslovak reformer - tribunedigital ...  Nov 8, 1992 ... Alexander Dubcek, the Czechoslovak leader whose bol attempt in 1968 to ... by an invasion of Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops, died yesterday. ... collapse of his "Prague Spring" in 1968, remained a popular figure. ... had been mentioned as a possible candidate to become president of ... November 18, 1992.
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Alexander Dubcek, 70, Dies in Prague - The New York Times  Alexander Dubcek, the Czechoslovak leader whose bold attempt in 1968 ... Published: November 8, 1992 ... the collapse of his "Prague Spring" in 1968, remained a popular figure. ... had been mentioned as a possible candidate to become president ... At his death, Mr. Dubcek was the leader of Slovakia's Social Democrats.
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Vclav Havel - Wikipedia  Vclav Havel was a Czech writer, philosopher, political dissident, and statesman. From 1989 to 1992, he served as the last president of Czechoslovakia. He then served as the first president of the Czech Republic (19932003) after the CzechSlovak split. Within Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays, and memoirs. ... He found employment in Prague's theatre world as a stagehand at Prague's...
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Dissolution of Czechoslovakia - Wikipedia  The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia which took effect on 1 January 1993, was an event that saw the self-determined split of the federal state of Czechoslovakia into ... In 1992, the Czech Republic elected Vclav Klaus and others who demanded .... the two states to adopt two national currencies as early as 8 February 1993.
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Prague Spring - Wikipedia  The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubek was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of ... The Prague Spring reforms were a strong attempt by Dubek to grant...
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Prague Spring - Wikipedia  The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubek was elected ... The Prague Spring reforms were a strong attempt by Dubek to grant additional rights to the...
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Prague Spring - Wikipedia  The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubek was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of ... After the invasion, Czechoslovakia entered a period of normalization:...
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Jeopary Questions page 1431 - THE NEW YORK TIMES ...  THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES: This Prague Spring leader who died in 1992 ... Other songs on their first album include "Weird", "Lucy" & "Speechless".
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Imre Nagy - Wikipedia  Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council ... Main article: Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ... During the time when the Stalinist leadership of Hungary would not permit his death to ... In 1989, Imre Nagy was rehabilitated and his remains reburied on the 31st anniversary of...
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The Velvet Revolution: A Peaceful End to Communism in ...  Czechoslovakia's Communist Party took efforts to prevent Gorbachev's reforms ... In the last six weeks of 1989, opposition activists staged what became known as ... The Civic Forum, the heart of Czechoslovakia's democratic movement, was led ... during the "Prague Spring" period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968,...
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Vclav Havel - Wikipedia  Vclav Havel was a Czech writer, philosopher, political dissident, and statesman. From 1989 to 1992, he served as the last president of Czechoslovakia. He then served as the first president of the Czech Republic (19932003) ..... In 1993, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. On 4 July 1994,...
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The Prague Spring of 1968 - History Learning Site  The Prague Spring of 1968 is the term used for the brief period of time when the ... Dubek as party leader and an end to reform within Czechoslovakia. ... In October 1967, students demonstrated against Novotn and early in 1968 he was ... He had not courted leadership of the anti-Novotn movement but as the man who...
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Vclav Havel: remembering the big little man - Nato  When Vclav Havel passed away last December, the flags at the NATO Headquarters ... Here was a person who was denied promotion because of his political beliefs. ... Two special moments drew Bill Clinton's attention to NATO enlargement; ... Havel and Wasa presented their requests in less than diplomatic language.
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Ratko Mladi - Wikipedia  Ratko Mladi is a former Bosnian Serb military leader accused of committing war crimes, crimes ... In July 1996 the Trial Chamber of the ICTY, proceeding in the absence of Mladi under the ... to believe he had committed the alleged crimes, and issued an international arrest warrant. ..... The politics of Serbia in the 1990s.
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Edvard Benes | president of Czechoslovakia | Britannica.com  Feb 4, 2016 ... Statesman, foreign minister, and president, a founder of modern Czechoslovakia who ... Edvard Bene, (born May 28, 1884, Kozlany, Bohemia,...
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The Boss: How Yuri Luzhkov Runs Moscow - The George ...  Sroce his appointment as mayor in 1992, Yuri Luzhkov has transformed Moscow ... in 1990, members of the Moscow City Council asked him whether he was a ... demonstrating that he is the best man to lead Russia out of its economic crisis. .... In March 1990, the election of a new Moscow soviet (Mossoviet) dominated by.
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Israeli Prime Minister Rabin Assassinated - Cambridge Journals  Peace Rally, November 4,1995,. The late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak. Rabin was ... President of Egypt, the King of Jordan, and the King of .... Eulogies for the Late Prime. Minister .... very day you were slain: "Refrain thy ... cially His Majesty King Hussein for those remarkable and .... of a brother, a colleague and a frienda.
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World history - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  1968 The Soviet army was welcome in Prague capital in May of '45 but unwelcome in August '68, 1968's "Prague Spring" didn't end in June but with this August...