Ivan Knotek
Czechoslovak prime minister of the Slovakia, politician and Slovak nation politician
About Ivan Knotek
Lived 1936 – 2020 (aged 83). Ivan Knotek was a Czech politician.
Ivan Knotek (26 August 1936 – 11 March 2020) was a Slovak politician who served as Politburo member and prime minister from 1988 to 1989 of the Slovak Socialist Republic.
Biography Knotek was born in Senica on 26 August 1936. He was a member of both the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Slovak Communist Party. Between 1969 and 1981 he was the chief secretary of the latter's district committee in Galanta.
He was also named prime minister on 12 October 1988, replacing Peter Colotka in the post. With this appointment he automatically became the deputy federal prime minister along with the Czech Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec. Knotek's tenure as prime minister ended on 22 June 1989, and he was succeeded by Pavel Hrivnák in the post. Then he served as the Communist Party's secretary for economic affairs.
Knotek died in Galanta on 11 March 2020 at the age of 83.
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Czechoslovak prime minister of the Slovakia, politician and Slovak nation politician (1936–2020)
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Ivan Knotek was born on 26 August 1936 in Senica.
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Ivan Knotek died on 11 March 2020 in Galanta.
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Ivan Knotek was a politician.
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Ivan Knotek was Czech.
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