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 | | The party quickly gained strength, and in the historic July 18, 1993, lower house elections, which ended the LDP's 38-year hold on the government, the JNP snared 36 seats in the House of Representatives. |
 | | The opposition coalition of the Liberals and the National Party failed to unseat the Labor Party from power in elections held in 1987, however, and Howard was defeated in his bid to retain his leadership of the Liberals in 1989. |
 | | He was appointed leader of the Communist Party of Slovakia on Aug. 28, 1968, and he succeeded Dubcek as first secretary (title changed to general secretary in 1971) of the Czechoslovak Communist Party in April 1969. |
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