= Communist Party of Czechoslovakia = The '''Communist Party of Czechoslovakia''' ('''KSČ''') (''Komunistická strana Československa'') was a [[Czechia/PoliticalParties|political party]] in [[Czechia/Democratization#First_Czechoslovak_Republic|Czechoslovakia]]. <> ---- == Platform == KSČ was a [[WorldHistory/Comintern|Comintern]]-affiliated party. ---- == History == KSČ was a major power in the '''National Front''' coalition of the [[Czechia/Democratization#Third_Czechoslovak_Republic|Third Republic]]. While [[Czechia/EdvardBenes|Beneš]] served as [[Czechia/Presidents|president]], party leader [[Czechia/KlementGottwald|Gottwald]] served as [[Czechia/PrimeMinisters|prime minister]]. Ministers from all other coalition parties resigned in February 1948, leaving KSČ in full control. Elections in March and the '''Ninth-of-May Constitution''' they produced cemented this. Until 1989, the party leader was the [[Czechia/Democratization#Socialist_Czechoslovak_Republic|effective head of state]]. ---- == Leaders == ||'''General/First secretaries''' ||'''Term''' || ||Václav Šturc ||1921 - 1922|| ||Alois Muna ||1922 - 1924|| ||Josef Haken ||1924 - 1925|| ||Bohumil Jílek ||1925 - 1929|| ||[[Czechia/KlementGottwald|Klement Gottwald]] ||1929 - 1953|| ||[[Czechia/AntoninNovotny|Antonín Novotny]] ||1953 - 1968|| ||[[Slovakia/AlexanderDubcek|Alexander Dubček]]||1968 - 1969|| ||[[Czechia/GustavHusak|Gustáv Husák]] ||1969 - 1987|| ||Miloš Jakeš ||1987 - 1989|| ||Karel Urbánek ||1989 || ||Ladislav Adamec ||1989 - 1990|| ---- CategoryRicottone