NO LONGER STROUGALING
What sounds like a pastry but is in fact a Czech Communist leader, Lubomir Strougal has died aged 98. Selected as Czechoslovakia’s prime minister in 1970, he was a classic political weather vane – initially wary of the Warsaw Pact crushing of dissent, he joined in for the ride when it was obvious the hardliners were in the driver’s seat. When Gorbachev made reform trendy in the Soviet sphere, Strougal softened his tone, only to resign after clashing with persistent hardliner Milos Jakes. In retirement, he was able to evade legal repercussions for the innocents persecuted and killed under his watch thanks to his old age and associated “health issues”. World leaders theme Hell to the Chief gets the points.
Lubomir Strougal
19 October 1924 – 6 February 2023, aged 98
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