Alois Indra

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Alois Indra (born March 17, 1921 in Medzev , † August 2, 1990 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak communist politician and high functionary of the communist party KSČ . He was one of the most influential contributors to the communist totalitarian regime in former Czechoslovakia and one of the best-known proponents of the crackdown on the Prague Spring .

Indra was a civil servant in the railway sector. In 1937 he joined the communist party. After the war he worked at the local level in the District National Committee in Zlín . After studying at the party college of the CPC Central Committee , he began to expand his party career until he became secretary in the party district in Zlín in 1956. In 1960 Indra went to Prague and became head of the planning department of the CPC Central Committee, then in 1962 chairman of the State Planning Commission (with the rank of minister), and from 1963–1968 a member of the government as transport minister.

In April 1968 he was elected secretary of the party's Central Committee and, along with Vasiľ Biľak, became one of the most resolute opponents of the Prague Spring course and was one of those who signed the letter of invitation calling for Soviet interference. Unsuccessfully, he tried to form a so-called “revolutionary workers and peasants government” from August 22, 1968 to overthrow the legitimate government. He supported the policy of so-called normalization based on conservative, neo-Stalinist positions. 1971–1989 he was a member of the Presidium of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the parliament. In February 1990 he was expelled from the party.

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  1. ↑ Věněk Šilhán: Co se dělo v srpnu roku 1968. (online at: www.sds.cz ) , Czech, accessed on July 25, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Indra, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak communist politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Medzev
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 1990
Place of death Prague