Ludvík Svoboda

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Ludvík Svoboda was a Czechoslovak army general and communist politician who served as President of Czechoslovakia during the late 1960s, notably navigating the country through the turbulent period of the Prague Spring and its subsequent suppression.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czechoslovak general
President of Czechoslovakia
human
politician
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
countryOfCitizenship Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
countryOfService Czechoslovakia
familyName Svoboda
fieldOfWork military affairs
politics
givenName Ludvík
ideology communism
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned Czech
memberOf Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
militaryBranch Czechoslovak Army
militaryRank army general
nativeLanguage Czech
notableEvent involved in post-1968 normalization politics in Czechoslovakia
oversaw Czechoslovakia during the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion
notableRole head of state of Czechoslovakia during the late 1960s
symbolic figure during the suppression of the Prague Spring
notableWork leadership during the Prague Spring crisis
role in Czechoslovak resistance during World War II
occupation military officer
politician
soldier
participantIn Prague Spring
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
World War I
World War II
positionHeld Minister of National Defence of Czechoslovakia
President of Czechoslovakia
residence Prague
sexOrGender male
workLocation Czechoslovakia
Prague

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