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Gustav Husak was a Slovak politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989

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Who is Gustáv Husák?

Gustav Husak was a Slovak politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989. A staunch Communist, he had been long associated with the Communist Party in Slovakia and rose in prominence following the Soviet bloc invasion which ended the Prague Spring of 1968. He was interested in politics from a young age and joined the Communist Youth Union at the age of 16 when he was just a school student. Over the years, his interest in politics grew manifold and he became involved in underground communist activities after completing his legal studies. He was a passionate anti-fascist; he emerged as one of the leaders of the Slovak uprising against a Nazi-puppet government in 1944. He was also arrested for his political activities, but nothing thwarted the ambitions of this young man who remained loyal to his cause with a steadfast devotion. He was imprisoned for several years for opposing Josef Stalin, but ever the resilient soul, he established himself politically following his release. He eventually became the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, a post he held for almost two decades. He became the President of Czechoslovakia in 1975 and served in this position until 1989. His rule is known as the period of the so-called "Normalization"

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• // 10th Jan 1913
  Gustav Husak was born on 10 January 1913 in Pozsonyhidegkút, Pozsony County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now part of Bratislava, Slovakia as Dúbravka). His father was an unemployed worker.
• // 1933
  He wanted to become a lawyer and enrolled at the Law Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava in 1933. The same year he also joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC).
• // 1938 To 1966
  Gustav Husak married Dr. Magda Husáková-Lokvencová in 1938. She died in 1966 after almost three decades of marriage.
• // 1940
  During this time he also became involved in underground communist activities angering the German-backed Slovak puppet Government which arrested and jailed him in 1940.
• // 1943 To 1944
  He was released in 1943. After his release he became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia, and was one of the leaders of the antifascist Slovak national uprising of 1944.
• // 1946 To 1950
  He embarked on a career as a government official and party functionary in Czechoslovakia and served as the chairman of Slovakia’s governing body, the Board of Commissioners, from 1946 to 1950. He held considerable powers in this position and played a key role in the liquidation of the Democratic Party of Slovakia.
• // 1950 To 1960
  In 1950, a purge of party stalwarts suspected of "nationalism" was started and Gustav Husak was one of those who became victim to the purge. He was arrested in 1951 and convicted and sentenced in 1954. He was imprisoned from 1954 to1960 in the Leopoldov Prison.
• // 1960
  He wrote many letters to the party leaders from prison but the party leader and President Antonín Novotný repeatedly declined to pardon him. However, his conviction was overturned and he was released in 1960.
• // 1963
  After his release he found a job with the Department of Buildings in Bratislava. By 1963 was allowed to rejoin the Communist Party and soon became a critic of KSC’s neo-Stalinist leadership.
• // 1968 To 1971
  In 1968 he was appointed leader of the Communist Party of Slovakia and he succeeded Dubček as first secretary (title changed to general secretary in 1971) of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in April 1969. Between 1969 and 1971 he removed several of the party’s liberal members.
• // 1975
  He became the President of Czechoslovakia in 1975. During the initial years of his administration, he managed to provide a relatively satisfactory living standard to the citizens. However, the citizens were subjected to repression and the people's rights were greatly restricted; and the repression intensified over the years as he grew more conservative.
• // 1975 To 1977
  He later met Viera Husáková-Čáslavská a married her in 1975. Unfortunately, she died in 1977 in a helicopter crash, leaving him a widower for the second time.
• // 9th Jan 1983
  Gustav Husak was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 9 January 1983.
• // 1989 To Feb 1990
  Communism collapsed during the late 1980s and he resigned as president towards the end of 1989 and was succeeded in by the playwright and former dissident Vaclav Havel. Shortly after, in February 1990, he was expelled from the Communist Party.
• // 18th Nov 1991
  He suffered from stomach cancer during his last years and died on 18 November 1991, at the age of 78, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.

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Gustáv Husák's FAQ

• What is Gustáv Husák birthday?

  Gustáv Husák was born at 1913-01-10

• When was Gustáv Husák died?

  Gustáv Husák was died at 1991-11-18

• Where was Gustáv Husák died?

  Gustáv Husák was died in Bratislava

• Which age was Gustáv Husák died?

  Gustáv Husák was died at age 78

• Where is Gustáv Husák's birth place?

  Gustáv Husák was born in Dúbravka, Bratislava

• What is Gustáv Husák nationalities?

  Gustáv Husák's nationalities is Slovak

• What is Gustáv Husák ideologies?

  Gustáv Husák's ideologies is Communists

• Who is Gustáv Husák spouses?

  Gustáv Husák's spouses is Dagmar Husáková, Magda Husáková-Lokvencová, Viera Husáková

• What was Gustáv Husák universities?

  Gustáv Husák studied at Comenius University in Bratislava

• What is Gustáv Husák's political ideology?

  Gustáv Husák's political ideology is Political party- Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

• What is Gustáv Husák's religion?

  Gustáv Husák's religion is Deism, Catholicism

• What is Gustáv Husák's sun sign?

  Gustáv Husák is Capricorn

• How famous is Gustáv Husák?

  Gustáv Husák is famouse as Slovak Politician