Ruler · 1922 – 2020

Miloš Jakeš

Lived 1922 – 2020; politician. De facto ruler of Czechoslovakia, 1987 – 1989; also in the line of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

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Lived: 1922 – 2020; 98 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

De facto ruler

Czechoslovakia · the 29th of 34 dated reigns · 1918 – 1992 · read from the line of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

25 before

Ludvík Svoboda1968 – 1975

Lubomír Štrougal1970 – 1988

Gustáv Husák1975 – 1989

Miloš Jakeš1987 – 1989

Ladislav Adamec1988 – 1989

Karel Urbánek1989

Václav Havel1989 – 1992

2 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1987 – 1989 · 2 years

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He resigned from his position in late November 1989, amid the Velvet Revolution.

Also in the line of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (4th of 5).

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