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Karel Urbánek

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Preceded by
  
Milos Jakes


Name
  
Karel Urbanek

Role
  
Czech Politician

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Born
  
22 March 1941 (age 83) Bojkovice, Moravia (
1941-03-22
)

Other politicalaffiliations
  
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (until 1990)

Profession
  
Railway workerEntrepreneur

Political party
  
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

Succeeded by
  
End of Communist rule

Karel urb nek


Karel Urbánek (born 22 March 1941 in Bojkovice, Moravia) is a retired Czech politician. He was the last Communist leader of Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution, between November and December 1989.

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A former Bojkovice railway station manager, he replaced Miloš Jakeš as Secretary General of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia after a swift election on 24 November 1989. The only important decision he made during his very short term was to cancel the clause of the Constitution which gave the Communist Party a monopoly of power, though Communist rule had effectively ended with Jakeš' resignation in the wake of the Velvet Revolution.

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