Ivan Knotek

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Ivan Knotek
Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic
In office
12 October 1988 – 22 June 1989
Preceded byPeter Colotka
Succeeded byPavel Hrivnák
Personal details
Born (1936-08-26) 26 August 1936 (age 85)
Senica
Political partyCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia
Communist Party of Slovakia

Ivan Knotek (born 26 August 1936) is a Slovak politician who served as Politburo member and prime minister from 1988 to 1989 of the Slovak Socialist Republic.

Biography[]

Knotek was born on 26 August 1936.[1] He was a member of both the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Slovak Communist Party.[2] Between 1969 and 1981 he was the chief secretary of the latter's district committee in Galanta.[1] He became a member of the Czech Communist Party's Politburo in April 1988.[2] He was the chairman of the Politburo's two commissions, agriculture and food commission and youth work commission between 1987 and 1988.[2] He retained his Politburo membership in the reshuffle on 10–11 October 1988.[3][4]

He was also named prime minister on 12 October 1988, replacing Peter Colotka in the post.[5] With this appointment he automatically became the deputy federal prime minister along with the Czech Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec.[5][6] Knotek's tenure as prime minister ended on 22 June 1989 and he was succeeded by Pavel Hrivnák in the post.[7] Then he served as the Communist Party's secretary for economic affairs.[4] In a November 1989 reshuffle, Knotek retained his post at the politburo.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ivan Knotek". Vlada. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Directory of Czechoslovak Officials". Directorate of Intelligence. July 1988. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  3. ^ "List of reshuffled Politburo". Prague. Associated Press. 26 November 1989. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b "The Democratic Revolution in Czechoslovakia" (PDF). The National Security Archive. Prague. October 1999. Archived from the original (Briefing Book) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  5. ^ a b "New Czech government sworn in". The Times-News. Pague. AP. 13 October 1988. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Ministers in Czechoslovakia's Government With AM". Associated Press. 12 October 1988. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Slovakia". Rulers. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Clamor in the East; New Politburo in Prague". The New York Times. 28 November 1989. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
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