The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia refers to the foreign affairs ministry which was responsible for representing internationally Czechoslovakia during its existence, from 1918 to 1992.
| Czech: Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí Slovak: Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí | |
| Ministry overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 14 November 1918 |
| Dissolved | 31 December 1992 |
| Jurisdiction | Czechoslovakia |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Ministers responsible |
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List of ministers edit
First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) edit
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvard Beneš (1884–1948) | 14 November 1918 | 18 December 1935 | 17 years, 34 days | ČSNS | |
| 2 | Milan Hodža (1878–1944) | 18 December 1935 | 29 February 1936 | 73 days | RSZML | |
| 3 | Kamil Krofta (1876–1945) | 29 February 1936 | 4 October 1938 | 2 years, 218 days | ČsND |
Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939) edit
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | František Chvalkovský (1885–1945) | 4 October 1938 | 15 March 1939 | 162 days | RSZML |
Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945) edit
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Masaryk (1886–1948) | 21 July 1940 | 5 April 1945 | 4 years, 258 days | Independent |
Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948) edit
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Masaryk (1886–1948) | 5 April 1945 | 10 March 1948 | 2 years, 340 days | Independent |
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1989) edit
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimír Clementis (1902–1952) | 18 March 1948 | 14 March 1950 | 1 year, 361 days | KSČ | |
| 2 | Viliam Široký (1902–1971) | 14 March 1950 | 31 December 1952 | 2 years, 292 days | KSČ | |
| 3 | Václav David (1910–1996) | 31 March 1953 | 8 April 1968 | 15 years, 8 days | KSČ | |
| 4 | Jiří Hájek (1913–1993) | 8 April 1968 | 19 September 1968 | 164 days | KSČ | |
| – | Oldřich Černík (1921–1994) Acting | 19 September 1968 | 31 December 1968 | 103 days | KSČ | |
| 5 | Ján Marko (1920–?) | 2 January 1969 | 9 December 1971 | 2 years, 341 days | KSČ | |
| 6 | Bohuslav Chňoupek (1925–2004) | 9 December 1971 | 11 October 1988 | 16 years, 307 days | KSČ | |
| 7 | Jaromír Johanes (born 1933) | 12 October 1988 | 10 December 1989 | 1 year, 59 days | KSČ |
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Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992) edit
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiří Dienstbier (1937–2011) | 10 December 1989 | 27 June 1992 | 2 years, 200 days | OF | |
| 2 | Jozef Moravčík (born 1945) | 2 July 1992 | 31 December 1992 | 182 days | HZDS |
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