Antonín Novotný
Antonín Novotný | |
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Antonín Novotný in 1968 | |
| President of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 19 November 1957 – 22 March 1968 | |
| Prime Minister | Viliam Široký |
| Preceded by | Antonín Zápotocký |
| Succeeded by | Ludvík Svoboda |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 13 September 1953 – 5 January 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Klement Gottwald (as Chairman of the Communist Party) |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Dubček |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1904 Letňany, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 28 January 1975 (aged 70) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| Spouse | Božena Novotná |
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Antonín Josef Novotný (Czech pronunciation: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈnovotniː]; 10 December 1904 – 28 January 1975) 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.