This project has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
(Grant Agreement n. 669194)
(Mezimostí nad Nežárkou, 19/10/1924)
Prime Minister - Federal Government (1970-1988)
He was the highest ranking official of the federal governement, a moderate communist, technocrat, well educated and able to estabilish friendly personal relations with West European partners.
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He was a well educated lawyer and moderate communist, he supported the investment in Slovak industry with the assistence of West European partners. |
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He was the face of Czechoslovak normalization regime abroad, able to articulate Czechoslovak interests regarding the European Community. |
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He was a rare example of a enterprise manager creating foreign relations to acheive better business relations and better profits on his own. |
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He was an important supporter of innovations and cooperation agreements with West European enterprises |
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He was the main defender of a cautions credit policy of Czechoslovakia, his opinions were highly respected within the Federal Government. |
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He was a economic reformer who was fired from all high political posts in 1971 but maintained an intellectual influence and gradually extended it when he became a member of the Economic Department of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science. |
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He was the architect of the normalization regime and supported the economic cooperation with West European countries. |
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He was one of the main creators of economic policies of the normalization regime. |
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He was an educated economist, brought to this position by Lubomír Štrougal, he supported the idea of a balanced budget with limited foreign loans. |
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He co-orchestrated the foreign trade and relations to organizations like EEC or EFTA. |
