Bohumil Jílek (17 October 1892 – 3 August 1963) was a Czechoslovak politician.
Life Jílek was born in Deštná in the Jindřichův Hradec District, the son of Jan Jílek, a local policeman, and his wife Františka née Vosolová.Digi.ceskearchivy.cz: Register of births, Deštná
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). He then worked as a journalist. After 1948, he left for France and later emigrated to the United States.
He died in 1963 in New York City.Libri.cz: KDO BYL KDO v našich dějinách ve 20. století - J (archived at Archive.org
References
Further reading USTRCR.cz: Studie a články: "Komunistická opozice 1929–1932. Bílé místo v dějinách KSČ", Petr Anev, reprinted from Biografický slovník vedoucích funkcionářů KSČ (1921–1989), Petr Anev and Matěj Bílý (2nd edn., 2018)