Dubcek
alexander, 1921–92, czechoslovakian political leader: first secretary of the communist party 1968–69.
noun
alexander (ˈaleksandə). 1921–92, czechoslovak statesman. his reforms as first secretary of the czechoslovak communist party prompted the russian invasion of 1968
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