Bohumil Jílek Explained

Bohumil Jílek (17 October 1892 – 3 August 1963) was a Czechoslovak politician.

Life

Jílek was born in Deštná in the Jindřichův Hradec District, the son of Jan Jílek, a local policeman, and his wife Františka née Vosolová.^[1]

From 1925 to 1929 he was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Deposed by Klement Gottwald, he joined a new parliamentary club called Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Leninists).^[2]

He then worked as a journalist. After 1948, he left for France and later emigrated to the United States. He died in 1963 in New York City.^[3]

Further reading

• USTRCR.cz: Studie a články: "Komunistická opozice 1929–1932. Bílé místo v dějinách KSČ", Petr Anev, reprinted from Biografický slovník vedoucích funkcionářů KSČ (1921–1989), Petr Anev and Matěj Bílý (2nd edn., 2018)

Notes and References

1. https://digi.ceskearchivy.cz/3131/170 Digi.ceskearchivy.cz: Register of births, Deštná
2. Web site: Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic: Společná česko-slovenská digitální parlamentní knihovna: Národní shromáždění československé / Poslanecká sněmovna 1925 – 1929: Ja.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612092321/http://www.libri.cz/databaze/kdo20/list.php?od=j&start=21&count=20 Libri.cz: KDO BYL KDO v našich dějinách ve 20. století - J (archived at Archive.org