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General

Czech Republic · Politics / Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1927–1989Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1927

Klement Gottwald1927

Prague · Politics / Communist Party

Appointed General Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party

1989

Karel Urb nek21 November 1989

Politics / Communist Party

Milos Jakes is replaced by puppet politician Karel Urb nek as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Names involved

Karel Urb nekKlement Gottwald

Provenance

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