In November 1989 the crowds in Bratislava and Prague called for Dubček by name, and after twenty years of silence he stepped out onto the balcony. On 28 December 1989 he was elected chairman of the Federal Assembly, the parliament of the country he had led in 1968. He argued to the end for keeping Czechoslovakia together, and he lost that argument. On 1 September 1992 he was badly injured in a road accident near Humpolec in Bohemia and died on 7 November 1992, less than two months before the state he had spent his whole life inside ceased to exist.V novembri 1989 volali davy v Bratislave a v Prahe Dubčekovo meno a on po dvadsiatich rokoch mlčania vyšiel na balkón. Dvadsiateho ôsmeho decembra 1989 ho zvolili za predsedu Federálneho zhromaždenia, parlamentu krajiny, ktorú viedol v roku 1968. Až do konca presadzoval, aby Československo zostalo spolu, a v tomto spore neuspel. Prvého septembra 1992 sa pri Humpolci v Čechách ťažko zranil pri dopravnej nehode a 7. novembra 1992 zomrel — necelé dva mesiace pred zánikom štátu, v ktorom prežil celý život.
