Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:55:30 +0200https://english.radio.cz/former-communist-hardliner-miroslav-stepan-dies-unrepentant-8300679© 2026 Radio Prague International Former prominent official of Czechoslovakia’s Communist regime, Miroslav Štěpán, has died at the age of 68. As leader of the Community Party in Prague, Mr Šťěpán authorized violent suppression of opposition protests in the regime’s final years; after its fall, he became one of few Communists convicted of abuse of office. Miroslav Štěpán later unsuccessfully attempted a political comeback, never giving up his hard-line views. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/stepan2.jpg?timestamp=1590788395 https://english.radio.cz/former-communist-hardliner-miroslav-stepan-dies-unrepentant-8300679 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9