caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party birth_date order term_start signature image article_title term_end name
alexander dubček in 1989 antonín novotný alois indra peter colotka gustáv husák michal kováč dalibor hanes 7 november 1992 uhrovec , czechoslovakia -lrb- now slovakia -rrb- prague , czechoslovakia -lrb- now czech republic -rrb- communist party of slovakia -lrb- 1939-1948 -rrb- 27 november 1921 first of federal assembly of czechoslovakia chairman of federal assembly of secretary czechoslovakia of the communist party of czechoslovakia chairman 5 january 1968 28 december 1989 28 april 1969 signature of alexander dubček.png dubcek.jpg alexander dubček
 17 april 1969 25 june 1992 15 october 1969 alexander dubcek
alexander dubček

alexander dubček -lrb- ; 27 november 1921 -- 7 november 1992 -rrb- was a slovak politician and , briefly , leader of czechoslovakia -lrb- 1968 -- 1969 -rrb- .
he attempted to reform the communist regime during the prague spring but he was forced to resign following warsaw pact invasion of czechoslovakia .
later , after the overthrow of the government in 1989 , he was chairman of the federal czechoslovak parliament .
he was the recipient of the sakharov prize for freedom of thought of the european parliament , in 1989 .
