Miloš Jakeš

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Miloš Jakeš (2014)

Miloš Jakeš (originally Milouš Jakeš ; born August 12, 1922 in České Chalupy, Okres Český Krumlov , Czechoslovakia ; † July 10, 2020 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak communist politician . From 1987 to 1989 he was general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPC).

Origin and education

Jakeš grew up as one of five children in a poor family made up of handicrafts and small-scale farming. From 1937 he completed an apprenticeship as a fitter in the Baťa works , where he then worked in this profession. At the same time he studied at the technical college for electrical engineering and graduated successfully in 1944.

Political career

In May 1945 he was admitted to the Communist Party of Germany, where he was mainly involved in youth policy. In 1946 he became a member of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Youth Association ( Československý svaz mládeže , TschSM). In 1950 he was elected its chairman. In 1952 Jakeš became secretary of the Central Committee of the TschSM for culture, ideological questions and international affairs, which he remained until 1955.

1955 to 1958 Jakeš studied at the party college of the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow and was thus able to exercise higher functions in the state apparatus of Czechoslovakia as well as in the apparatus of the CPC and then worked accordingly in the apparatus of the CPC. After completing his studies, Jakeš held various positions in the state and party before he became head of the party in the late 1980s.

In 1968 he belonged to the faction that ended the Prague Spring in cooperation with the Soviet Union . From 1977 he was a member of the Central Committee, from 1981 of the Presidium of the Central Committee.

At the head of the party

In December 1987 he succeeded Gustáv Husák , who remained President, and General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee. On November 24, 1989, as a result of the Velvet Revolution , he resigned from this office, and on December 5, 1989, he was expelled from the party.

Investigations

Proceedings brought against him in the 1990s for his activities in 1968 ended in 2002. The background to the indictment was the allegation of treason. According to the indictment at the time, he and other functionaries from the state apparatus and the CPC tried to legitimize the crackdown on the Prague Spring by the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops by means of a reorganization of the government by calling for help from the Warsaw Pact should send to the invasion. After a process lasting several years, an acquittal was made, as no violation of the laws of the ČSSR could be established.

Jakeš died in July 2020, a month before his 98th birthday.

Web links

Commons : Milouš Jakeš  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jakes, Milos. In: rulers.org. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c P. Rendek: Miloš Jakeš. Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů, accessed on July 15, 2020 (Czech).
  3. ↑ Gerald Schubert: The communist past in the case law of the present: Judgment in the trial against Jakes and Lenart. In: Radio Prague International . October 6, 2002, accessed July 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jakeš, Miloš
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Milouš
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH České Chalupy near Český Krumlov
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2020
Place of death Prague