Miroslav Kusý (1 December 1931 – 13 February 2019) was a Slovak political scientist and politician. Described as a "dissident" of

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's communist regime, he was given an eight-month suspended sentence in November 1989 for an anti-government protest. After the

Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution ( cs, Sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution ( sk, Nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations agains ...

, Kusý was appointed as chairman of the Federal Press and Information Office of

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. After politics, Kusý became a professor in political science. He died on 13 February 2019, at age of 87 from

heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, a ...

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1931 births 2019 deaths Charter 77 signatories Politicians from Bratislava Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk People of the Velvet Revolution Slovak political scientists {{Slovakia-bio-stub