Background
URBANEK, Karel was born on March 22, 1941 in Bojkovice Uherske, Hradiste District. Son of Alois Urbanek and Katerina Urbankova.
URBANEK, Karel was born on March 22, 1941 in Bojkovice Uherske, Hradiste District. Son of Alois Urbanek and Katerina Urbankova.
He was the last Communist leader of Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution, between November and December 1989. A former Bojkovice railway station manager, he replaced Miloš Jakeš as Secretary General of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia after a swift election on 24 November 1989. The only important decision he made during his very short term was to cancel the clause of the Constitution which gave the Communist Party a monopoly of power, though Communist rule had effectively ended with Jakeš" resignation in the wake of the Velvet Revolution.
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPCZ) 1962. Presidium of CPCZ Central Committee October 1988.
Married Irena Urbanek in 1943.