Ruler · 1895 – 1979

Ludvík Svoboda

Lived 1895 – 1979; statesperson, politician, writer, military officer. Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia), 1968 – 1975.

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Lived: 1895 – 1979; 84 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Czechoslovakia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia · the 26th of 34 dated reigns · 1918 – 1992

22 before

Jozef Lenárt1963 – 1968

Alexander Dubček1968 – 1969

Oldřich Černík1968 – 1970

Ludvík Svoboda1968 – 1975

Lubomír Štrougal1970 – 1988

Gustáv Husák1975 – 1989

Miloš Jakeš1987 – 1989

5 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 – 1975 · 7 years · came to it aged 73

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1975; they died in 1979

Svoboda was elected President of Czechoslovakia on 30 March 1968, on the recommendation of Alexander Dubček, the First Secretary.

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