dec 17, 1987 - Milos Jakes becomes General Secretary of Czechoslovakia
Description:
- Husak had taken control after the Prague Spring and initiated a period of 'normalisation'- yielded the position to the younger and more progressive Jakes
- Jakes encouraged reform, but not to the point of negotiating with the opposition
- eventually resigned during the Velvet Revolution
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Date:
dec 17, 1987
Now
~ 37 years ago