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Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

January 1, 1993 · Prague

Czechoslovakia split peacefully into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the 'Velvet Divorce'.

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Key people

Václav Klaus Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Negotiated the split Vladimír Mečiar Prime Minister of Slovakia, Negotiated the split

Participants

Before and after

Followed from
Velvet Revolution November 17 – December 29, 1989

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