Antonín Novotný
President of Czechoslovakia
Died when: 70 years 49 days (841 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius

Antonín Josef Novotný (10 December 1904 – 28 January 1975) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968, and also held the post of president of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968.
An ardent hardliner, Novotný was forced to yield the reins of power to Alexander Dubcek during the short-lived reform movement of 1968.
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