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Ludvík Svoboda
1979Sep, 20

Ludvík Svoboda

Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895)
Ludvík Svoboda (25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero, and he later served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975.

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