Miloslav Hruškovič

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Miloslav Hruškovič (born January 25, 1925 in Pukanec , † February 12, 1992 in Lehnice ) was a Czechoslovak politician of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia KSČ ( Komunistická strana Československa ) , who was among other things Deputy Prime Minister between 1969 and 1971 and the Central Committee from 1971 to 1972 -Secretary was. From 1972 to 1989 he was secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia KSS ( Komunistická strana Slovenska ) for economic affairs.

Life

Minister and Vice Prime Minister

Miloslav Hruškovič, who was an engineer by profession, began his political career in the Communist Party of Slovakia KSS ( Komunistická strana Slovenska ) and became a candidate in 1955 and a member of the Central Committee (ZK) of the KSS in 1957 and was a member of this body until 1989. On the XI. At the Congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (June 18-21, 1958), he was also a candidate for the Central Committee of Komunistická strana Československa (KSČ). In 1964 he became a member of the Slovak National Council (Slovenská národní rada) , the parliament of the Slovak Republic, and was a member of this until 1971. In 1966 he became a candidate for the Presidium of the Central Committee of the KSS and took part in this position at the beginning of December 1967 together with other leading party officials such as Alexander Dubček , Michal Chudík , Vasil Biľak and Ján Janík in a meeting with the First Vice Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union , Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov , which dealt with the situation within the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Kuznetsov supported the opinion of his interlocutors that the internal party crisis of the KSČ could only be overcome by separating the positions of First Secretary of the KSČ and the office of President , both of which were then held by Antonín Novotný .

Hruškovič was after the beginning of the Prague Spring on April 8, 1968 in the Oldřich Černík I government, first chairman of the State Technical Commission in the rank of minister and then on April 30, 1968 Minister of Technology. On January 1, 1969 he became a member of the Federation Assembly or Federal Assembly (Federální shromáždění) and initially belonged to the Chamber of Nationalities (Sněmovna národů) , which consisted of 75 representatives each from the Czech and Slovak republic.

On January 1, 1969, he took over the post of ministerial chairman of the Committee for Technical Development and Investment Development in the Oldřich Černík II government . In the subsequent Oldřich Černík III government , he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning from September 29, 1969 to January 28, 1970, and also as Chairman of the Committee for Technical Development and Investment Development at the ministerial level. In the Lubomír Štrougal I government , he was again Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning between January 28, 1970 and January 1, 1971.

Candidate of the Presidium of the KSČ and secretary of the Central Committee of the KSS

At a Central Committee plenum in June 1970 Hruškovič became a member of the Central Committee of the KSČ for the first time and belonged to this body after his re-elections at the XIV. Party Congress of the KSČ (25-29 May 1971), the XV. Party Congress (April 12-16, 1976), the XVI. Party Congress (April 6-10, 1981) and the XVII. Congress (March 24-28, 1986) until the collapse of communism in the course of the Velvet Revolution (Sametová revoluce / Nežná revolúcia) on December 21, 1989. At the same time he was also a candidate for the Presidium of the Central Committee at the XIV. Party Congress in 1971 and was a member of this body until December 21, 1989. Within the Presidium, he was, alongside Peter Colotka , Josef Kempný , Josef Korčák , Lubomír Štrougal and Václav Hůla, among the followers of General Secretary Gustáv Husák , although he also represented differing opinions within this body at times. From May 29 to December 8, 1972, he was secretary of the Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of KSČ. On November 27, 1971, he was again a member of the Federal Assembly and was in this now after his re-election on October 23, 1976 on 7 June 1981 and on 24 May 1986 to 30 January 1990, the People's Parliament (Sněmovna lidu) to , of which 200 members were elected in general, equal and direct elections throughout the territory of Czechoslovakia. In February 1973 he complained to the KGB with three other politicians loyal to the Soviet Union ( Miloš Jakeš , Karel Hoffmann and Antonín Kapek ) about alleged "attempts to push the internationalist communists out of important posts", whereby it was about the different groups within the KSČ presidium and the management style of General Secretary Husák, which the so-called "healthy core" around Miloš Jakeš, Antonín Kapek, Alois Indra and Karel Hoffmann, the supporters of the crackdown on the Prague Spring, were critical of.

Miloslav Hruškovič was also active in leading positions within the Communist Party of Slovakia KSS and between December 1972 and December 1989 was a member of the Presidium and the Secretariat of the Central Committee as well as Secretary of the Central Committee of the KSS for Economy. Within the KSS he also acted from December 1972 to December 1989 as chairman of the economic commission of the KSS Central Committee.

For his services in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic he has received several awards and received, among others, the Order of Victory February (Řád Vítězného února) in 1973, the Order of the Republic (Řád republiky) in 1975 and the Klement Gottwald Order (Řád Klementa Gottwalda) in 1985 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joseph Pazderka: The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968: The Russian Perspective. The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series , p. 96, Rowman & Littlefield, 2019, ISBN 1-793-60293-X ( online version )
  2. ↑ Directory of Czechoslovak Officials , p. 4 (1988)
  3. ↑ Directory of Czechoslovak Officials , p. 3 (1988)
  4. ↑ Thomas Großbölting, Stefan Lehr: Political Decisions in the Cold War: Places, Practices and Resources in East and West. , Pp. 132, 140, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019, ISBN 3-647-36327-8 ( online version )
  5. ↑ Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin: The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West , Penguin UK, 2015, ISBN 0-141-96646-7 ( online version )
  6. ↑ Martin Sabrow, Susanne Schattenberg: The Last General Secretaries: Communist Rule in Spatial Socialism , p. 162, Ch. Links Verlag, 2018, ISBN 3-962-89028-9 ( online version )
  7. ↑ Directory of Czechoslovak Officials , p. 9 (1988)
  8. ↑ Directory of Czechoslovak Officials , p. 12 (1988)
personal data
SURNAME Hruškovič, Miloslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Pukanec
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1992
Place of death Lehnice