List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia
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The prime minister of Czechoslovakia (Czech: předseda vlády Československa, Slovak: predseda vlády Česko-Slovenska) was the head of government of Czechoslovakia, from the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 until the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic on 1 January 1993.
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia | |
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Czech: Předseda vlády Československa Slovak: Predseda vlády Česko-Slovenska | |
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Appointer | The President |
Formation | 14 November 1918 |
First holder | Karel Kramář |
Final holder | Jan Stráský |
Abolished | 31 December 1992 |
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During periods when the post of the president of Czechoslovakia was vacant, the prime minister took on most presidential duties. However, the Czechoslovak constitutions do not define anything like a post of acting president.
Prime ministers of Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)
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Party of National Unity (SNJ)
Civic Democratic Union (ODÚ)
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
- Other factions
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Ethnicity | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
(1918–1938) | |||||||
1 | Karel Kramář (1860–1937) |
Czech | 14 November 1918 | 8 July 1919 | 236 days | ČSND | |
2 | Vlastimil Tusar (1880–1924) |
Czech | 8 July 1919 | 15 September 1920 | 1 year, 69 days | ČSSD | |
3 | Jan Černý (1874–1959) |
Czech | 15 September 1920 | 26 September 1921 | 1 year, 11 days | Independent | |
4 | Edvard Beneš (1884–1948) |
Czech | 26 September 1921 | 7 October 1922 | 1 year, 11 days | Independent | |
5 | Antonín Švehla (1873–1933) |
Czech | 7 October 1922 | 18 March 1926 | 3 years, 162 days | RSZML | |
6 | Jan Černý (1874–1959) |
Czech | 18 March 1926 | 12 October 1926 | 208 days | Independent | |
7 | Antonín Švehla (1873–1933) |
Czech | 12 October 1926 | 1 February 1929 | 2 years, 112 days | RSZML | |
8 | František Udržal (1866–1938) |
Czech | 1 February 1929 | 24 October 1932 | 3 years, 266 days | RSZML | |
9 | Jan Malypetr (1873–1947) |
Czech | 24 October 1932 | 5 November 1935 | 3 years, 12 days | RSZML | |
10 | Milan Hodža (1878–1944) |
Slovak | 5 November 1935 | 22 September 1938 | 2 years, 321 days | RSZML | |
(1938–1939) | |||||||
11 | Jan Syrový (1888–1970) |
Czech | 22 September 1938 | 1 December 1938 | 70 days | Independent | |
12 | Rudolf Beran (1887–1954) |
Czech | 1 December 1938 | 15 March 1939 | 104 days | RSZML / SNJ | |
(1939–1945) Alois Eliáš became Prime Minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a de iure autonomous region incorporated into Nazi Germany.[1][2] Jan Šrámek became Prime Minister within the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, which was the government of Czechoslovakia recognized by the Allies during World War II. Vojtech Tuka became Prime Minister of the quasi-independent, pro-Nazi and clero-fascist Slovak Republic. Julian Révaý became Prime Minister of the Carpatho-Ukraine few days before invasion and occupation by the Kingdom of Hungary. | |||||||
(1945–1948) | |||||||
13 | Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891–1976) |
Czech | 5 April 1945 | 2 July 1946 | 1 year, 88 days | ČSSD | |
14 | Klement Gottwald (1896–1953) |
Czech | 2 July 1946 | 15 June 1948 | 1 year, 349 days | KSČ | |
(1948–1989) Official names: Czechoslovak Republic (1948–1960), Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1989) | |||||||
15 | Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957) |
Czech | 15 June 1948 | 14 March 1953 | 4 years, 272 days | KSČ | |
16 | Viliam Široký (1902–1971) |
Slovak | 14 March 1953 | 20 September 1963 | 10 years, 190 days | KSČ | |
17 | Jozef Lenárt (1923–2004) |
Slovak | 20 September 1963 | 8 April 1968 | 4 years, 201 days | KSČ | |
18 | Oldřich Černík (1921–1994) |
Czech | 8 April 1968 | 28 January 1970 | 1 year, 295 days | KSČ | |
19 | Lubomír Štrougal (1924–2023) |
Czech | 28 January 1970 | 12 October 1988 | 18 years, 258 days | KSČ | |
20 | Ladislav Adamec (1926–2007) |
Czech | 12 October 1988 | 7 December 1989 | 1 year, 56 days | KSČ | |
(1989–1992) Official names: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1989–1990), Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992) | |||||||
21 | Marián Čalfa (born 1946) |
Slovak | 7 December 1989 | 2 July 1992 | 2 years, 208 days | KSČ / VPN / ODÚ | |
22 | Jan Stráský (1940–2019) |
Czech | 2 July 1992 | 31 December 1992 | 182 days | ODS |
Timeline
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See also
edit- List of rulers of Czechs
- List of Czech presidential pets