Karel Urbánek

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Karel Urbánek is a former Bojkovice railway station manager who was a Secretary General of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution, between November and December 1989. He replaced his predecessor Milouš Jakeš after a swift election on November 24, 1989.


First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the KSČ
Klement GottwaldAntonín NovotnýAlexander DubčekGustáv HusákMilouš JakešKarel Urbánek