Antonín Josef Novotný
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About
Czechia politician who was best known as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968. He was also the president of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968. As the president, he was succeeded by Ludvík Svoboda.
Before Fame
He worked as a blacksmith when he was young.
Trivia
He was selected as a delegate to the 7th World Congress of the Comintern in 1935.
Family Life
In 1929, he married Božena Novotná and they had a child named Antonín Novotný.
Associated With
During the reform movement of 1968, he was forced to yield the reins of power to Alexander Dubcek.
