Oldřich Černík
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Oldřich Černík (October 27, 1921 - October 19, 1994) was a Czechoslovakian Communist political figure. He was the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from April 8, 1968 to January 28, 1970.
A party official and well-known technocrat, Černík was a strong supporter of the Prague Spring reforms of 1968. In August 1968 he was forced to go to the Soviet Union along with other politicians, and when he returned he asked the Czech people to cooperate with the Soviet Union but promised to continue reforms. In 1970 he lost his position due to his continued support of reform and was expelled from the communist party. He attempted a political combeback in the early 1990s after the end of the communist regime. He died in Prague.
Preceded by Jozef Lenárt |
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1968 – 1970 |
Succeeded by Lubomír Štrougal |
Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia | |
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First Republic | Karel Kramář • Vlastimil Tusar • Jan Černý • Edvard Beneš • Antonín Švehla • Jan Černý • Antonín Švehla • František Udržal • Jan Malypetr • Milan Hodža • Jan Syrový |
Second Republic | Jan Syrový • Rudolf Beran |
Government in exile | Jan Šrámek • Zdeněk Fierlinger |
Transition to Communism | Zdeněk Fierlinger • Klement Gottwald |
Communist | Klement Gottwald • Antonín Zápotocký • Viliam Široký • Jozef Lenárt • Oldřich Černík • Lubomír Štrougal • Ladislav Adamec • Marián Čalfa |
after the Velvet Revolution | Petr Pithart • Jan Stráský |