People
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Josef Pavel Josef Pavel
Prague Spring interior minister whose security reforms were undermined by KGB subversion and internal betrayal
Security, intelligence and policing · Czechoslovakia state institutions
1908–1973
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František Kriegel František Kriegel
The only Prague Spring leader who refused to sign the Moscow Protocol
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)
1908–1979
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Josef Smrkovský Josef Smrkovský
The purge victim who returned to become the Prague Spring's most eloquent reformer
Political and party leadership · Czechoslovakia state institutions
1911–1974
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Jiří Hájek Jiří Hájek
A diplomat who turned international law into a language of civic rights
Diplomacy and international organization · Czechoslovakia state institutions
1913–1993
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Ota Šik Ota Šik
Czechoslovak economist who designed a 'third way' between plan and market
Economy, finance and planning · Czechoslovakia state institutions
1919–2004
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Zdeněk Mlynář Zdeněk Mlynář
A reform communist who sought to democratize socialism
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)
1930–1997