Editing Gustáv Husák (section)

{{Short description|Czechoslovak politician (1913–1991)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Gustáv Husák
| image               = Gustáv Husák - oříznuto.JPG
| caption             = Husák in 1989
| office              = [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]]
| term_start          = 17 April 1969
| term_end            = 17 December 1987
| predecessor         = [[Alexander Dubček]]
| successor           = [[Miloš Jakeš]]
| office2             = [[President of Czechoslovakia]]
| term_start2         = 29 May 1975
| term_end2           = 10 December 1989
| primeminister2      = [[Lubomír Štrougal]]<br>[[Ladislav Adamec]]
| predecessor2        = [[Ludvík Svoboda]]
| successor2          = [[Václav Havel]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1913|1|10|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Dúbravka, Bratislava|Dúbravka]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (now [[Slovakia]])
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1991|11|18|1913|1|10|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Bratislava]], [[Czech and Slovak Federative Republic]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/19/world/gustav-husak-czechoslovak-leader-dies-at-78.html|title = Gustav Husak, Czechoslovak Leader, Dies at 78|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 19 November 1991|last1 = Saxon|first1 = Wolfgang}}</ref>
| party               = [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Magda Husáková-Lokvencová|1938|1967|end=divorced}}{{marriage|Viera Husáková-Čáslavská|1975|1977|end=died}}
| children            = 2, Vladimír (born 1944) and Ján (1946–2004)
| alma_mater          = [[Comenius University]]
| signature           = Gustav Husak signature.svg
| resting_place       = [[Cimetière de Dúbravka]], [[Bratislava]]
}}

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-K0614-0006-003, Berlin, VIII. SED-Parteitag, Honecker, Husak, Ulbricht.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Gustáv Husák (in the middle) in 1971 on a visit to the [[East Germany|GDR]]. [[Walter Ulbricht]] and [[Erich Honecker]] are also pictured.]]
'''Gustáv Husák''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|h|uː|s|æ|k}} {{respell|HOO|sak}},<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/husak |title=Husák |dictionary=[[dictionary.com]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|h|(|j|)|uː|s|ɑː|k}} {{respell|HOO|sahk|,_|HEW-}};<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Husák|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|sk|ˈɡustaːw ˈɦusaːk|lang}}; 10 January 1913 – 18 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the long-time  [[Secretary (title)|First Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] from 1969 to 1987 and the [[List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia|President of Czechoslovakia]] from 1975 to 1989. 

His rule is known for the period of [[Normalization (Czechoslovakia)|normalization]] after the 1968 [[Prague Spring]].