Ruler · 1921 – 1992

Alexander Dubček

Lived 1921 – 1992; politician, diplomat. De facto ruler of Czechoslovakia, 1968 – 1969; also in the line of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

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Lived: 1921 – 1992; 71 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

De facto ruler

Czechoslovakia · the 24th of 34 dated reigns · 1918 – 1992 · read from the line of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

20 before

Viliam Široký1953 – 1963

Antonín Novotný1957 – 1968

Jozef Lenárt1963 – 1968

Alexander Dubček1968 – 1969

Oldřich Černík1968 – 1970

Ludvík Svoboda1968 – 1975

Lubomír Štrougal1970 – 1988

7 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1968 – 1969 · 1 year

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Dubček was forced to resign as party head in April 1969, and was succeeded by Gustáv Husák, a former reformer and victim of Stalinism who was ambiguously favored by Moscow.

Also in the line of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (2nd of 5).

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