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Bohuslav Chňoupek

(Petržalka, 10/8/1925 - Prague, 28/5/2004)

Minister - Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1971-1988)
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Short bio

He was the face of Czechoslovak normalization regime abroad, able to articulate Czechoslovak interests regarding the European Community.

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.

Oskar Fischer

Appointed Foreign Minister soon after the diplomatic recognition by the West, Oskar Fischer became one of the main East German representatives abroad. While throughout the 1970s the heads of government and state, Willi Stoph and Erich Honecker...

Gustáv Husák

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

Key Documents

Informace pro soudruha ministra k dopisu ministra zahraničního obchodu s. ing. Barčáka
AMZV, f. TO Belgie 1970-1974 | box 1, 1974

Information includes worries of the Party regarding individual actions of the government members and diplomatic corps towards the EEC. - Available here

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