Oldřich Černík

Oldřich Černík
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
In office 8 April 1968 – 28 January 1970
Preceded by	Jozef Lenárt
Succeeded by	Lubomír Štrougal
Personal details
Born	October 21, 1921(1921-10-21) Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Died	October 19, 1994(1994-10-19) (aged 72) Prague, Czech Republic

Oldřich Černík (October 27, 1921 - October 19, 1994) was a Czechoslovakian Communist political figure. He was the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from April 8, 1968 to January 28, 1970.

A party official and well-known technocrat, Černík was a strong supporter of the Prague Spring reforms of 1968. In August 1968 he was forced to go to the Soviet Union along with other politicians, and when he returned he asked the Czech people to cooperate with the Soviet Union but promised to continue reforms. In 1970 he lost his position due to his continued support of reform and was expelled from the communist party. He attempted a political comeback in the early 1990s after the end of the communist regime. He died in Prague.

Preceded by Jozef Lenárt

Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1968 – 1970

Succeeded by Lubomír Štrougal

Persondata
Name	Cernik, Oldrich
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Short description
Date of birth	1921-10-21
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	1994-10-19
Place of death	Prague, Czech Republic