Lubomír Štrougal IV government

The Czechoslovak government Lubomír Štrougal IV , led by Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal , was in office from June 17, 1981 to June 16, 1986. It succeeded the Lubomír Štrougal III government and was replaced by the Lubomír Štrougal V government .

Government formation, program

The new government was formed after the general elections to the representative bodies of Czechoslovakia at all levels on June 5 and 6, 1981. After the XVI. At the congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in April 1981, an apparent stability of the system was demonstrated by no criticism or changes in personal details worth mentioning, the new, fourth government of Lubomír Štrougal also became an expression of a status quo . As a particular challenge, the government declaration only mentioned the drafting and adoption of the seventh five-year plan along with some corrections in the area of ​​construction investments, modernization, etc.

However, this only partially corresponds to the real situation. The country's economic problems gradually became clearer. At the beginning of the 1980s, however, the aftermath of the attempted breakout of the ordained normalcy, Charter 77 (and its VONS committee ), still persisted , conditions in Hungary relaxed slightly, and especially in Poland the free trade union Solidarność , which emerged in 1980 from a strike movement. The erosion of the system came to light at the end of this government's term of office when Gorbachev was elected general secretary of the CPSU Central Committee in March 1985.

Government composition

The ministers were in office throughout the regular term of office (June 17, 1981 to June 16, 1986) unless otherwise stated.

• Prime Minister: Lubomír Štrougal
• Deputy Prime Minister:
  • Josef Korčák
  • Peter Colotka
  • Václav Hůla (until April 1, 1983)
  • Ladislav Gerle
  • Karol Laco
  • Matej Lúčan
  • Rudolf Rohlíček
  • Svatopluk Potáč
  • Jaromír Obzina (from June 20, 1983)
• Foreign Minister: Bohuslav Chňoupek
• Defense Minister:
  • Martin Dzúr (until January 11, 1985)
  • Milán Václavík (from January 11, 1985)
• Interior Minister:
  • Jaromír Obzina (until June 20, 1983)
  • Vratislav Vajnar (from June 20, 1983)
• Finance Minister:
  • Leopold Lér (until October 4, 1985)
  • Jaromír Žák (from November 29, 1985)
• Minister for Labor and Social Affairs:
  • Michal Štanceľ (until June 20, 1983)
  • Miloslav Boďa (from June 20, 1983)
• Foreign Trade Minister: Bohumil Urban
• Transport Minister: Vladimír Blažek
• Minister for Fuels and Energy: Vlastimil Ehrenberger
• Minister of General Mechanical Engineering: Pavol Bahyl
• Minister of Metallurgy and Heavy Engineering: Eduard Saul
• Minister of Electrotechnical Industry: Milan Kubát
• Minister for Technical and Investment Development: (dissolved October 31, 1983)
  • Jaromír Obzina (June 20, 1983 - October 31, 1983)
  • Ladislav Šupka (provisional from October 31, 1983)
• Agriculture and Food Minister:
  • Josef Nágr (until June 20, 19893)
  • Miroslav Toman (from June 20, 19893)
• Minister of Post and Telecommunications: Vlastimil Chalupa
• Chairman of the Federal Price Office (ministerial): Michal Sabolčík
• Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission (ministerial): Vladimír Janza
• Chairman of the People's Control Committee (ministerial): František Ondřich

Party affiliation

The government was formed from the unified list of the National Front , which consisted of the dominant Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and bloc parties .

Governments of the constituent republics

Parallel to the government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the two partial republics ( Czech Socialist Republic and Slovak Socialist Republic , both only from 1969) also had their own government:

• Czech Socialist Republic: Josef Korčák IV government (June 18, 1981 - June 18, 1986)
• Slovak Socialist Republic: Government of Peter Colotka III (June 18, 1981 - June 18, 1986)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website of the Government of the Czech Republic, Overview of the Government of Lubomír Štrougal IV, on: www.vlada.cz / ...

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• Website of the Government of the Czech Republic, Overview of the Government of Lubomír Štrougal IV, on: vlada.cz / ...
• Od Pražského jara do Revoluce 1989 , on: www.vlada.cz/.../historie , website of the Government of the Czech Republic, History of the Office of the Government, Czech

See also

• Governments of Czechoslovakia

Web links

• Programové prohlášení vlády (government declaration) of June 30, 1981, online at: vlada.cz/assets / ...