Alexander Dubcek was a Slovak politician and Czechlosovakia's head of
state for a brief period (1968-1969). Dubcek tried to reform the
communist state and establish "socialism with a human face". His
liberalization policies were not well received in Moscow, however, and the
country was invaded by the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies in 1968 (Prague
Spring).
When the communist system collapsed in 1989, Dubcek became Speaker of the
federal Czechoslovak parliament.
