Karel Urbánek was the last Communist

Communism

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 leader of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 during the Velvet Revolution

Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...

, between November and December 1989.

A former Bojkovice

Bojkovice

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 railway station manager, he replaced Milouš Jakeš

Milouš Jakeš

Miloš Jakeš was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1987 until 1989...

 as Secretary General of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa was a Communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992....

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 provided the hegemony of the Communist Party on the society and the state.