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Czeck Party
Alexander Dubcek succeeds Novotny as CPCz leader -
Alexander Dubeck
Programme of liberalizing reforms known as Prague Spring with the aim of ushering in "socialism with a human face". -
Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops invade
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Protest from part of the civilization
A student burns himself to death in protest at occupation by Warsaw Pact armies. -
New leader
Gustav Husak replaces Dubcek as CPCz leader and in 1975 become president. -
Milos Jakes
Replaces Husak as party leader. -
Marian Calfa
Becomes prime minister in a government in which the majority of members are non-Communists. Husak resigns as president. Dubcek elected chairman of Federal Assembly. Vaclav Havel elected president, completing the "velvet revolution". -
Civic Forum disbanded
Members form two new parties, the conservative Civic Democratic Party (CDP) and the liberal Civic Movement. Legislation allowing privatization of state-owned enterprises approved. -
Elections arrive Czech
Elections see Czech voters backing the centre right while their Slovak counterparts support Slovak separatists and left wing parties. Negotiations between Klaus and Meciar reach deadlock as neither is prepared to compromise. The two agree to the separation of Slovakia from the Czech Lands, despite the objections of President Havel and a general lack of popular enthusiasm. -
Velvet divorce completed
Czechoslovakia completes "velvet divorce" which results in two independent countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
