Lubomír Štrougal

Lubomír Štrougal (born 19 October 1924) is a Czech former politician, who served as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1970 to 1988.

Dr. Lubomír Štrougal
Lubomír Štrougal (2012)
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
In office
28 January 1970 – 12 October 1988
Preceded byOldřich Černík
Succeeded byLadislav Adamec
Personal details
Born (1924-10-19) 19 October 1924[1]
Veselí nad Lužnicí, Czechoslovakia (now South Bohemia, Czech Republic)
Political partyCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia
Spouse(s)
Věra Štrougalová
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(m. 1952; div. 1992)​
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Life and career

Štrougal was born in Veselí nad Lužnicí. After compulsory service in German industry during World War II (the "total appointment" order for Czech people – German: Totaleinsatz) he finished his law studies at Charles University in Prague. He joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and in the late 1950s became a member of its Central Committee.

Štrougal was agriculture minister between 1959 and 1961, and then interior minister until 1965.

Lubomír Štrougal (1970)

In 1968 he became deputy prime minister under Oldřich Černík. At first he rejected the 1968 occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces, but later became a prominent figure in Gustáv Husák's regime. Štrougal was Czechoslovakia’s prime minister from 28 January 1970 to 12 October 1988.

Štrougal resigned as prime minister due to conflicts with the communist party chairman Miloš Jakeš. He criticized the state of the party, the executive and the society. During the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Štrougal was among the candidates to become chair of the Communist Party, but later left the 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 (Czech: ÚDV) alleged that Štrougal, in 1965, had prevented investigation of crimes conducted by the communist State Security in 1948 and 1949. However, the Prague city court discharged him in 2002 due to lack of evidence.

References
  1. Harris M. Lentz (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
  2. "Věra Štrougalová: akční děvče, které skončilo v domácnosti | Lidé". Lidovky.cz. December 29, 2011.
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