Miloš Jakeš

Miloš Jakeš
Miloš Jakeš in Prague on 1 May 2014
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
In office
17 December 1987 – 24 November 1989
Preceded byGustáv Husák
Succeeded byKarel Urbánek
Personal details
Born(1922-08-12)12 August 1922
České Chalupy, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Died10 July 2020(2020-07-10) (aged 97)
Prague, Czech Republic
PartyCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia
Spouse
Květena Jakešová
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(m. 1943; died 2013)​
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Miloš Jakeš (12 August 1922 – 10 July 2020) was a Czech communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1987 until 1989.

He resigned from his position in late November 1989, amid the Velvet Revolution.

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