Bohumil Jílek

Bohumil Jílek (17 October 1892 – 3 August 1963) was a Czechoslovak politician.

Jílek was born in Deštná in the Jindřichův Hradec District, the son of Jan Jílek, a local policeman, and his wife Františka née Vosolová.

[1] From 1925 to 1929 he was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.

Deposed by Klement Gottwald, he joined a new parliamentary club called Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Leninists).

After 1948, he left for France and later emigrated to the United States.