Josef Korčák
Josef Korčák (born December 17, 1921 in Holštejn , Czechoslovakia ; † October 5, 2008 ) was a Czechoslovak Communist Party (KPČ) politician .
Life
Korčák completed vocational training as a lathe operator after attending school . After the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic, he began his career as a functionary of the KPČ and was initially secretary of the Blansko party committee from 1948 to 1951 , before he was first secretary and then first secretary of the Brno Party Committee until 1962 . In 1958 he became a member of the Central Committee (ZK) of the KPČ and from 1962 to 1970 Minister in the government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR).
On January 28, 1970, he succeeded Josef Kempný as Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic , the larger part of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (Československá Socialistická Republika, ČSSR). He held this office until he was replaced by Ladislav Adamec in March 1987. He was also, between January 1970 and March 1987 Deputy Prime Minister in the next government of the Prime Minister lubomír štrougal : Strougal I , Strougal II , Strougal III , Strougal IV and Strougal V .
For his services to the party and the state, he was awarded the Order of the Republic in 1971 and the Order of Victorious February in 1973.
After the end of Czechoslovakia, he was expelled from the Communist Party in 1990. A prosecution for illegal gun possession that began in 1994 was ended in 2000.
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| SURNAME | Korčák, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Korcak, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holštejn , Blansko , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 2008 |