Ruler · 1904 – 1975

Antonín Novotný

Lived 1904 – 1975; politician, writer. Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia), 1957 – 1968; also in the line of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

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Lived: 1904 – 1975; 71 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia · the 22nd of 34 dated reigns · 1918 – 1992

18 before

Klement Gottwald1946 – 1953

Antonín Zápotocký1948 – 1957

Viliam Široký1953 – 1963

Antonín Novotný1957 – 1968

Jozef Lenárt1963 – 1968

Alexander Dubček1968 – 1969

Oldřich Černík1968 – 1970

9 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 1957 – 1968 · 11 years · came to it aged 53

Came to it: appointed
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1968; they died in 1975

Following the death of Zápotocký in 1957, Novotný was named as President of the republic, further consolidating his grip on power.

Also in the line of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1st of 5).

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