- Lubomír Štrougal
Infobox Prime Minister
imagesize = 150px
name=Lubomír Štrougal
order=20th
office=Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
term_start =28 January ,1970
term_end =12 October ,1988
predecessor =Oldřich Černík
successor =Ladislav Adamec
birth_date =birth date and age|1924|10|24
birth_place =flagicon|CzechoslovakiaVeselí nad Lužnicí ,Czechoslovakia
death_date =
death_place =Lubomír Štrougal (born
October 19 1924 inVeselí nad Lužnicí ) is a former Czech politician and communistCzechoslovakia prime minister.After serving in Germany’s industry during the World War II (the total appointment order for Czech people – _de. Totaleinsatz) he finished the law studies at the
Charles University in Prague . He entered theCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia and since the late 1950s was a member of its leadership (member of its Central Committee).Between 1959 and 1961 Štrougal was agriculture minister, then till 1965 he was interior minister.
In 1968 he became deputy prime minister to
Oldřich Černík . At first he refused the 1968 Occupation of Czechoslovakia by theWarsaw Pact forces, but later became one of the prominent representatives ofGustáv Husák ‘s regime. Štrougal was the Czechoslovakia’s prime minister from January 28, 1970 to October 12, 1988.Because of the conflicts with the communist party chairman
Milouš Jakeš , he resigned as the prime minister. He criticized the state of the party, the executive and the society. During the 1989Velvet Revolution Štrougal was one of candidates for the communist party chairmanship, but later left political stage and in February 1990 he was expelled from the party.The
Office for the Documentation and the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism Police of the Czech Republic ( _cz. ÚDV) accused Štrougal, that in his function in 1965, he prevented investigation of crimes conducted by the communistState Security in 1948 and 1949. However, the Prague city court discharged him in 2002 due to lack of evidence.Links
*cs icon [http://wtd.vlada.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=447 Štrougal’s biography on the website of the Czech Government]
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