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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.

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).

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.

References

1. Digi.ceskearchivy.cz: Register of births, Deštná
2. "Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic: Společná česko-slovenská digitální parlamentní knihovna: Národní shromáždění československé / Poslanecká sněmovna 1925 – 1929: Ja".
3. Libri.cz: KDO BYL KDO v našich dějinách ve 20. století - J (archived at Archive.org

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)

• 1892 births
• 1963 deaths
• People from Deštná (Jindřichův Hradec District)
• People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
• Communist Party of Czechoslovakia politicians
• Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants politicians
• Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1925–1929)
• Czech communists
• Czech journalists
• Czech exiles
• Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States
• 20th-century journalists