Josef Kempný

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Josef Kempný (born July 19, 1920 in Lazy , Orlová , Okres Karviná , Moravskoslezský kraj , Czech Republic ; † November 25, 1996 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak politician of the Communist Party KSČ ( Komunistická strana Československa ) , who, among other things, between 1964 and 1968 Mayor of Ostrava , from 1968 to 1969 Secretary of the Central Committee of the KSČ, between 1969 and 1970 Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic and Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, from 1970 to 1981 again Secretary of the Central Committee of KSČ and from 1981 to 1989 Chairman of the Czech Republic National Council was.

Life

Engineer, Mayor of Ostrava and Central Committee Secretary

Josef Kempný, who came from a family of miners, began studying engineering at the Brno University of Technology after attending grammar schools in Orlová and Přívoz , which he had to abandon due to the closure of the university during World War II . In the following years he worked as a construction worker and technician in Ostrava and joined the Communist Party KSČ ( Komunistická strana Československa ) as a member on June 1, 1945 . From 1948 to 1951 he was director of construction work in the Ostrava region , then director of construction work for central Slovakia in Zvolen and then from 1952 to 1954 director of Priemstav in Snina . In March 1954 he returned to Ostrava, where he became director of the Bytostav building cooperative . In addition, he completed a correspondence course in engineering at the Brno University of Technology , which he completed in 1963 as a graduate engineer with a thesis entitled The mathematical management system . In addition, he worked for the State Security Authority StB (Státní bezpečnost) and as deputy head of a department of the KSČ Committee of North Moravia.

On July 1, 1964, Kempný Jan Buchvaldek dissolved as chairman of the Municipal National Committee of Ostrava and as such was mayor of the city until he was replaced by Zdeněk Kupka in 1968 . During his four-year tenure, he promoted housing construction, the expansion of the Poruba and Zábřeh nad Odrou districts into prefabricated housing estates, and mining in the Ostrava region. After the end of the Prague Spring , he became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party on November 17, 1968 and was a member of this body until December 20, 1989. At the same time, on November 17, 1968, he became secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and a member of the Central Committee's secretariat for the first time. He was confirmed in these functions at the plenum of the Central Committee on April 17, 1969 and held the offices until September 29, 1969. On January 1, 1969 he also became a member of the newly created Federation Assembly (Federální shromáždění) and belonged to the Chamber of the People (Sněmovna národů) until January 30, 1990. At the same time, he was elected to the Czech National Council (Česká národní rada) for the first time on January 1, 1969 and was a member of the parliament of the Czech Socialist Republic, the larger part of Czechoslovakia, until October 21, 1976.

Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and President of the Czech National Council

On September 29, 1969, Josef Kempný succeeded Stanislav Rázl as Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic ( Kempný / Korčák government ) and held this office until January 28, 1970, when Josef Korčák succeeded him. At the same time he acted between September 29, 1969 and January 28, 1970 as Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia in the Oldřich Černík III government . At the same time he also became a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of KSČ on September 29, 1969 and was a member of this Politburo as the party's top management body until December 15, 1988. Thereupon he was again secretary and member of the secretariat of the Central Committee on January 28, 1970 and retained these two functions until June 11, 1981. As such, he was from 1970 to 1971 chairman of the Central Committee Presidium Commission for Party Work in the Czech Republic. In July 1972 he also became a member of the Presidium of the National Front (Národní fronta Čechů a Slováků) , which, as an umbrella organization, conveyed party politics in parties and mass organizations, nominated candidates for national and local elections and supervised the conduct of the elections.

On June 7, 1981, Kempný was again a member of the Czech National Council and belonged to it until January 8, 1990. At the same time he succeeded Evžen Erban in June 1981 and held the office of parliamentary president of the republic until his replacement by Jaroslav Šafařík on November 17, 1989. In this function he was also a member of the Presidium of the Federation Assembly. He has received several awards and received, among others, the Klement Gottwald Order (Řád Klementa Gottwalda) , the Order of Victorious February (Řád Vítězného února) and the Order of the Republic (Řád republiky) .

In 1990 he was expelled from the Communist Party KSČ.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Czech Republic: Prime ministers (rulers.org)
  2. ↑ CZECHOSLOVAKIA / CLEANING: Eleventh hour . In: Der Spiegel from October 6, 1969
  3. ^ Directory of Czechoslovak Officials. A Reference Aid , July 1988, p. 75
  4. ^ Directory of Czechoslovak Officials. A Reference Aid , Jul 1988, p. 34
personal data
SURNAME Kempný, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak minister and party official
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Lazy , Orlová , Okres Karviná , Moravskoslezský kraj , Czech Republic
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1996
Place of death Prague