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Alexander Dubček

1921 - 1992

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Alexander Dubček (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈaleksander ˈduptʂek]; 27 November 1921 – 7 November 1992) was a Slovak statesman who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) (de facto leader of Czechoslovakia) from January 1968 to April 1969 and as Chairman of the Federal Assembly from 1989 to 1992 following the Velvet Revolution. He oversaw significant reforms to the communist system during a period that became known as the Prague Spring, but his reforms were reversed and he was eventually sidelined following the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968. Best known by the slogan, "Socialism with a human face", Dubček led a process that accelerated cultural and economic liberalization in Czechoslovakia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Dubček has received more than 1,073,354 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Alexander Dubček is the 335th most popular politician (down from 307th in 2019), the most popular biography from Slovakia and the most popular Slovak Politician.

Alexander Dubček was a Czechoslovakian politician and the leader of the reformist movement in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Dubček was most famous for his role in the Prague Spring, which was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Dubček ranks 335 out of 15,577Before him are Charles VIII of France, Qianlong Emperor, Leopold II of Belgium, Louis XI of France, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Yitzhak Rabin. After him are Elagabalus, Philip III of Spain, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Nerva, Constantine XI Palaiologos, and Joachim Murat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Alexander Dubček ranks 3Before him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Charles Bronson. After him are Astor Piazzolla, Stanisław Lem, Andrei Sakharov, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Michael I of Romania, Suharto, John Rawls, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, and Yves Montand. Among people deceased in 1992, Alexander Dubček ranks 3Before him are Marlene Dietrich and Isaac Asimov. After him are Willy Brandt, Friedrich Hayek, Grace Hopper, Astor Piazzolla, Menachem Begin, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, Mikhail Tal, and Francis Bacon.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Alexander Dubček ranks 1 out of 357After him are Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), Philipp Lenard (1862), John Zápolya (1487), Franz Lehár (1870), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), Gyula Andrássy (1823), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778), and Ferenc Szálasi (1897).

Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Alexander Dubček ranks 1After him are Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), John Zápolya (1487), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), Gyula Andrássy (1823), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Ferenc Szálasi (1897), Béla I of Hungary (1016), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), and Andrej Babiš (1954).