Died 1975-01-28.
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Antonín Novotný
Antonín Josef Novotný was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968, and as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968. An ardent hardliner, Novotný was forced to yield the reins of power to Alexander Dubček during the short-lived reform movement of 1968.
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culture · Leader of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968 · politician · journalist · opinion journalist · writer · communist · also Antonín Novotný, Antonin Novotny, Novotný
Born 10 December 1904 · Died 28 January 1975 · Q156494
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1975· 1 entry
1971· 1 entry
During the period of normalization, he was reelected to the Central Committee
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1957· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of Czechoslovakia (1957–1968).
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Novotný was named as President of the republic, further consolidating his grip on power
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Klement Gottwald (1955).
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Building of the Socialist Homeland (1954).
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1953· 2 entries
Career landmark: First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1953–1968).
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And the subsequent de-Stalinization programmes of 1956
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1949· 1 entry
Awarded Order of February 25, 1st class (1949).
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1939· 1 entry
The CPC was outlawed and forced into an underground existence
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1937· 1 entry
And made secretary and editor of the CPC's newspaper in the South Moravian Region in 1938
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1935· 1 entry
Novotný was selected as a delegate to the 7th World Congress of the Comintern
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1921· 1 entry
And became a professional Communist Party functionary in 1929
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1904· 1 entry
Born 1904-12-10.
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