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List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia

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The prime minister of Czechoslovakia (Czech: předseda vlády Československa, Slovak:

Prime Minister of
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 Czechoslovakia
Republic on 1 January 1993. Czech: Předseda vlády
Československa
During periods when the post of the president of Czechoslovakia was vacant, the prime minister Slovak: Predseda vlády Česko-
took on most presidential duties. However, the Czechoslovak constitutions do not define anything
Slovenska
like a post of acting president.

Prime ministers of Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)

Political parties

Czechoslovak National Democracy (ČSND)

Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)
Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants (RSZML) Coat of arms

Party of National Unity (SNJ)

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)
Civic Democratic Union (ODÚ)
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)

Other factions

Independent

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Term of office
Name Political
No. Portrait Ethnicity Time in
(Birth–Death) Took office Left office party
office

Longest serving
Lubomír Štrougal
28 January 1970 – 12 October 1988

Appointer The President

Formation 14 November
1918
First holder Karel Kramář
Final holder Jan Stráský
Abolished 31 December
1992
Superseded by Prime
Minister of the
Czech Republic
Prime
Minister of
Slovakia

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First Czechoslovak Republic

(1918–1938)

Karel Kramář
1 Czech 14 November 1918 8 July 1919 236 days ČSND
(1860–1937)

Vlastimil Tusar
2 Czech 8 July 1919 15 September 1920 1 year, 69 days ČSSD
(1880–1924)

Jan Černý
3 Czech 15 September 1920 26 September 1921 1 year, 11 days Independent
(1874–1959)

Edvard Beneš
4 Czech 26 September 1921 7 October 1922 1 year, 11 days Independent
(1884–1948)

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Antonín Švehla
5 Czech 7 October 1922 18 March 1926 3 years, 162 days RSZML
(1873–1933)

Jan Černý
6 Czech 18 March 1926 12 October 1926 208 days Independent
(1874–1959)

Antonín Švehla
7 Czech 12 October 1926 1 February 1929 2 years, 112 days RSZML
(1873–1933)

František Udržal
8 Czech 1 February 1929 24 October 1932 3 years, 266 days RSZML
(1866–1938)

9 Jan Malypetr Czech 24 October 1932 5 November 1935 3 years, 12 days RSZML
(1873–1947)

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Milan Hodža
10 Slovak 5 November 1935 22 September 1938 2 years, 321 days RSZML
(1878–1944)

Second Czechoslovak Republic

(1938–1939)

Jan Syrový
11 Czech 22 September 1938 1 December 1938 70 days Independent
(1888–1970)

Rudolf Beran
12 Czech 1 December 1938 15 March 1939 104 days RSZML / SNJ
(1887–1954)

Occupation
(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.

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Third Czechoslovak Republic

(1945–1948)

Zdeněk Fierlinger
13 Czech 5 April 1945 2 July 1946 1 year, 88 days ČSSD
(1891–1976)

Klement Gottwald
14 Czech 2 July 1946 15 June 1948 1 year, 349 days KSČ
(1896–1953)

Communist Era
(1948–1989)
Official names: Czechoslovak Republic (1948–1960), Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1989)

Antonín Zápotocký
15 Czech 15 June 1948 14 March 1953 4 years, 272 days KSČ
(1884–1957)

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Viliam Široký
16 Slovak 14 March 1953 20 September 1963 10 years, 190 days KSČ
(1902–1971)

Jozef Lenárt
17 Slovak 20 September 1963 8 April 1968 4 years, 201 days KSČ
(1923–2004)

Oldřich Černík
18 Czech 8 April 1968 28 January 1970 1 year, 295 days KSČ
(1921–1994)

Lubomír Štrougal
19 Czech 28 January 1970 12 October 1988 18 years, 258 days KSČ
(1924–2023)

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Ladislav Adamec
20 Czech 12 October 1988 7 December 1989 1 year, 56 days KSČ
(1926–2007)

Post–Communist Era
(1989–1992)
Official names: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1989–1990), Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)

Marián Čalfa
21 Slovak 7 December 1989 2 July 1992 2 years, 208 days KSČ / VPN / ODÚ
(born 1946)

Jan Stráský
22 Czech 2 July 1992 31 December 1992 182 days ODS
(1940–2019)

Timeline

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See also
List of rulers of Czechs
List of Bohemian monarchs
List of rulers of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
List of presidents of Czechoslovakia
President of the Czech Republic
List of presidents of the Czech Republic
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
List of prime ministers of the Czech Republic
President of Slovakia
Prime Minister of Slovakia

References
1. Rare 1943 Third Reich facts booklet (http://www.od43.com/1943_Schlag_Nach.html)

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2. Heavily illustrated rare big original 1943 Nazi book on Eastern Europe and Asia (http://www.od43.com/Europa_Osten_1943.html)
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20090410030653/http://od43.com/Europa_Osten_1943.html) 2009-04-10 at the Wayback
Machine

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