President of the Czech Republic

The President of the Czech Republic is head of state of the Czech Republic. The first President took office in 1993.

President of the Czech Republic
Prezident České republiky
Presidential Standard
Incumbent
Petr Pavel
since 9 March 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidencePrague Castle
SeatPrague, Czech Republic
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthFive years
Renewable once, consecutively
PrecursorPresident of Czechoslovakia
14 November 1918
Inaugural holderVáclav Havel
2 February 1993
FormationConstitution of the Czech Republic
Salary2,235,600 Kč ($ 86,830) [1]
Websitewww.hrad.cz

List President of the Czech Republic
Political parties
  Czechoslovak National Social Party (ČSNS)
  Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)
  Civic Forum (OF)
Other factions
  Independent
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Ethnicity Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
(1918–1938)
1 Tomáš Masaryk
(1850–1937)		 Czech 1918
1920
1927
1934		 14 November 1918 14 December 1935 17 years, 30 days Independent
— Milan Hodža
(1878–1944)		 Slovak — 14 December 1935 18 December 1935 4 days Independent
2 Edvard Beneš
(1884–1948)		 Czech 1935 18 December 1935 5 October 1938 2 years, 291 days ČSNS
— Jan Syrový
(1888–1970)		 — 5 October 1938 30 November 1938 56 days Independent
Second Czechoslovak Republic
(1938–1939)
3 Emil Hácha
(1872–1945)		 Czech 1938 30 November 1938 15 March 1939 105 days Independent
(1939–1945)
Emil Hácha became State President of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a de jure autonomous region incorporated into Nazi Germany.[2][3]
Edvard Beneš proclaimed himself President within the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, which was the government of Czechoslovakia recognized by the Allies during World War II.
Jozef Tiso became President of the quasi-independent, pro-Nazi and clero-fascist Slovak Republic.
Avgustyn Voloshyn became President of the Carpatho-Ukraine few days before invasion and occupation by the Kingdom of Hungary.
Third Czechoslovak Republic
(1945–1948)
(2) Edvard Beneš
(1884–1948)		 Czech 1946 4 April 1945 7 June 1948 3 years, 64 days ČSNS
Communist Era
(1948–1989)
Official names: Czechoslovak Republic (1948–1960), Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1989)
4 Klement Gottwald
(1896–1953)		 Czech 1948 14 June 1948 14 March 1953 4 years, 273 days KSČ
5 Antonín Zápotocký
(1884–1957)		 1953 21 March 1953 13 November 1957 4 years, 237 days
6 Antonín Novotný
(1904–1975)		 1957
1964		 19 November 1957 22 March 1968 10 years, 124 days
— Jozef Lenárt
(1923–2004)		 Slovak — 22 March 1968 30 March 1968 8 days
7 Ludvík Svoboda
(1895–1979)		 Czech 1968
1973		 30 March 1968 29 May 1975 7 years, 60 days
8 Gustáv Husák
(1913–1991)		 Slovak 1975
1980
1985		 29 May 1975 10 December 1989 14 years, 195 days
— Marián Čalfa
(born 1946)		 — 10 December 1989 29 December 1989 19 days
Post–Communist Era
(1989–1992)
Official names: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1989–1990), Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)
9 Václav Havel
(1936–2011)		 Czech 1989
1990
1992
(failed)		 29 December 1989 20 July 1992 2 years, 204 days OF
Parties

  Independent   ODS   SPO

President
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Party Term Previous office(s)
1 Václav Havel
(1936–2011)		 2 February 1993 2 February 2003 Independent 1 (1993) President of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic
(1989–1992)
2 (1998)
2 Václav Klaus
(born 1941)		 7 March 2003 7 March 2013 Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)		 3 (2003) Prime Minister
(1992–1998)
President of the Chamber of Deputies
(1998–2002)[4]
4 (2008)
3 Miloš Zeman
(born 1944)		 8 March 2013 9 March 2013 Party of Civic Rights
(SPO)		 5 (2013) President of the Chamber of Deputies
(1996–1998)[5]
Prime Minister
(1998–2002)
6 (2018)
4 Petr Pavel
(born 1961)		 9 March 2023 Incumbent Independent 7 (2023) Chief of the General Staff
(2012–2015)
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
(2015–2018)

Living former presidents
Name Age Born served
Marián Čalfa 77 7 May 1946 1989
Václav Klaus 82 19 June 1941 2003-2013
Miloš Zeman 78 28 September 1944 2013-2023

References
  1. "Prezident Klaus má nárok na 50tisícovou rentu i státní důchod" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 17 June 2011.
  2. Rare 1943 Third Reich facts booklet
  3. Heavily illustrated rare big original 1943 Nazi book on Eastern Europe and Asia Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Prof. Ing. Václav Klaus, CSc". Poslanecká sněmovna Parlament České republiky. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. "Ing. Miloš Zeman". Poslanecká sněmovna Parlament České republiky. Retrieved 5 April 2018.




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