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Svatopluk Potáč

(Tupec, 24/3/1925 - Prague, 7/9/2014)

Chairman - State Bank of Czechoslovakia (1971-1981)
Deputy Prime Minister - Federal Government (1981-1988)

Short bio

He was the main defender of a cautions credit policy of Czechoslovakia, his opinions were highly respected within the Federal Government.

Relations

Lubomír Štrougal

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.

František Vencovský

He was an erudated economist, closely connected to the inter-war Czechoslovak economist and a great asset in the knowledge of monetary and financial policy.

Gustáv Husák

He was the architect of the normalization regime and supported the economic cooperation with West European countries.

Jan Stejskal

He continued the policies of his predecessor Svatopluk Potáč and maintained the cautious foreign loan policy of the central bank

Leopold Lér

He was an educated economist, brought to this position by Lubomír Štrougal, he supported the idea of a balanced budget with limited foreign loans.

Vladimír Janza

Key Documents

Zpráva k návrhu prováděcího státního plánu rozvoje národního hospodářství na rok 1983
AČNB, f. | Investice/KGMF/KSČ/Kovy drahé 1982

Report about the national economic development mentioning problems in the balance of foreign trade and foreign debts. - Available here

Handakte Dieter Schmölling vom Büro des Präsidenten (Dr. Emminger) Enthält: Besuch des Präsidenten bei der tschechoslowakischen Zentralbank (Státní Banka Československá), April 1978
HA BBK, B330 | 10496/2

Information about the visit of the Czechoslovak central bank (Státní Banka Československá) on 17 April 1978. - Available here

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