Slovak political scientist and politician (1931–2019)
Miroslav Kusý (1 December 1931 – 13 February 2019) was a Slovak political scientist and politician. Described as a "dissident" of Czechoslovakia's communist regime,[1] he was given an eight-month suspended sentence in November 1989 for an anti-government protest.[2] After the Velvet Revolution, Kusý was appointed as chairman of the Federal Press and Information Office of Czechoslovakia.[3]
After politics, Kusý became a professor in political science.[4]
He died on 13 February 2019, at age of 87 from heart failure.[5]