Article: CZECH REPUBLIC: FIRST CSSD LEADER DIES OF BRAIN CANCER.(Jiri Horak, first leader of the Social Democrats)(Obituary)

Article: FIRST CSSD LEADER DIES OF BRAIN CANCER
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  August 6, 2003 ;     234 words ...According to "Prague Post", Jiri Horak, first leader of the Social Democrats (CSSD) after the overthrow of the communist regime in 1989, died at the age of 79 in Florida July 25. Horak, who led the CSSD from 1990 to 1992, was diagnosed with brain cancer last year.

Article: Famed Austrailian portrait artist dies at 91
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  July 27, 2003 ;     610 words ... ... counts of murder and sentenced to death. Jiri Horak PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Jiri Horak, the first leader of the Czech Social Democratic ... Florida, Czech media said. Horak headed the Social Democrats in 1990-92 after the Velvet Revolution ...

Article: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS QUIT EAST GERMAN COALITION
The Boston Globe;  August 20, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... West collapsed yesterday when the Social Democrats, the second largest coalition member ... unification. The departure of the Social Democrats will not derail unification. But ... on Dec. 2. With the loss of the Social Democrats, Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere ...

Article: Social Democrats Divided As W. German Vote Nears; ...
The Washington Post;  January 18, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... most recent polls suggested that the Social Democrats have made a modest comeback in the ... threaten to drain support from the Social Democrats among precisely the activists needed ... position to draw votes from conservative Social Democrats. Thinking that a vote for Rau may ...

Article: East German Party Honors Willy Brandt; Social ...
The Washington Post;  February 25, 1990 ;     700+ words ...East Germany's surging Social Democrats, who are expected to win the ... unity that underscored the Social Democrats' hopes of becoming the majority ... embrace. West Germany's Social Democrats often have led campaigns to ...

Article: Bonn's Social Democrats Edge Toward the Center
The Washington Post;  March 20, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... pacifist-environmentalist Greens. The Social Democrats have concluded that the Greens are ... leftist coalition. Instead, the Social Democrats are hoping eventually to break up ... There also is a small chance that the Social Democrats would seek a "grand coalition" with ...

Article: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS MAY PUSH INSTANT GERMAN UNITY
The Boston Globe;  August 6, 1990 ;     597 words ... ... Signs were mounting yesterday that Social Democrats in the two Germanys -- the second ... deputy chairman of the West German Social Democrats, reportedly suggested that the East German Social Democrats may propose instant unity at a special ...