Ladislav Adamec

Infobox Prime Minister
name=Ladislav Adamec


order=21^st
office=Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
term_start =12 October, 1988
term_end =10 December, 1989
predecessor =Lubomír Štrougal
successor =Marián Čalfa
birth_date =birth date|1926|9|10
birth_place =flagicon|Czechoslovakia Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czechoslovakia
death_date =death date and age|2007|4|14|1926|9|10
death_place =flagicon|Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

Ladislav Adamec (September 10, 1926 in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm - April 14, 2007 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak communist political figure. In October 1988, Lubomír Štrougal retired from being the Prime Minister and was replaced by Ladislav Adamec. He was the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from October 12, 1988 to December 7, 1989. He had previously been the Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic from 1987 to 1988.

Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution lasted from November 17 to December 29, 1989. During the Velvet Revolution student protesters took to the streets of Prague in what became an overthrow of the government, the communist regime that had taken their country more than 40 years prior in 1948.

Large demonstrations that occurred between November 25 and 26, and a public strike on November 27, pushed the communist regime into holding a conference with the Civic Forum. The Forum demanded that Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec form a new government—that would include existing political parties and Civic Forum.

The federal government under Ladislav Adamec had been in contact with different leaders since November 21, and on Sunday, November 26, Adamec even addressed the crowds on Letná.