Miroslav Kusý (1 December 1931 – 13 February 2019) was a Slovak political scientist and politician. Described as a "dissident" of Czechoslovakia's communist regime, he was given an eight-month suspended sentence in November 1989 for an anti-government protest. After the Velvet Revolution, Kusý was appointed as chairman of the Federal Press and Information Office of Czechoslovakia. After politics, Kusý became a professor in political science. He died on 13 February 2019, at age of 87 from heart failure. References 1931 births 2019 deaths Charter 77 signatories Politicians from Bratislava Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk People of the Velvet Revolution Slovak political scientists