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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 Jindřichův Hradec District () is a Okres, district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Jindřichův Hradec. Administrative division Jindřichův Hradec District is divided into three Districts of the Cz ...
, the son of Jan Jílek, a local policeman, and his wife Františka née Vosolová. From 1925 to 1929 he was
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of the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Com ...
. Deposed by
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, he joined a new parliamentary club called
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. He then worked as a journalist. After 1948, he left for France and later emigrated to the United States. He died in 1963 in
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References


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)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jilek, Bohumil 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