Czech Republic (Czechia)

28 Oct 1918 - 23 Nov 1938 Czechoslovak Republic

01 Oct 1938 - 08 May 1945 Sudetenland ceded to Germany

16 Mar 1939 - 07 May 1945 Secession of Slovakia

16 Mar 1939 - 07 May 1945 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia under German occupation

03 Apr 1945 - 11 Jun 1960 Republic of Czechoslovakia

29 Jun 1945               Ruthenia ceded to U.S.S.R

11 Jun 1960               Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

29 Mar 1990               Czechoslovak Federal Republic

20 Apr 1990               Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

31 Dec 1992               State dissolved (neither republic claims to be successor nation)

 

Government: Federal Republic.

Capital: Praha (Prague).

Language: Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

National Anthem: "Hymna Ceskoslovensko."

National Day: Independence day, 28th October (1918).

National Emblem: Lion of Bohemia.

National Motto: Pravda Vitezi (Truth Prevails).

Currency: Czechoslovak Koruna.


Presidents

28 Oct      - 21 Nov 1918 Karel Kramář ........................... 1860-1937

                          (acting)

21 Nov 1918 - 14 Dec 1935 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ................. 1850-1937

                          (arrived 21 Dec 1918)

14 Mar      - 18 Dec 1935 Milan Hodža ............................ 1878-1944

                          (acting)

18 Dec 1935 - 05 Oct 1938 Edvard Beneš (1st Time) ................ 1884-1948 CNSS

05 Oct      - 30 Nov 1938 Jan Syrový ............................. 1888-1970 Mil

                          (acting)

01 Dec 1938 - 16 Mar 1939 Emil Hácha ............................. 1872-1945

17 Nov 1939 - 03 Apr 1945 Edvard Beneš (2nd Time)

                          (in exile in London, U.K)

08 May      - 11 May 1945 Albert Prazák .......................... 1880-1956

                          (acting)

11 May 1945 - 07 Jun 1948 Edvard Beneš (3rd Time)

 

Chairman of the Czechoslovak National Council

06 Feb 1916 - 14 Nov 1918 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ................. s.a

                          (in exile in Paris, then Petrograd, then U.S)

Prime Ministers

16 Nov 1918 - 08 Jul 1919 Karel Kramář ........................... s.a

08 Jul 1919 - 16 Sep 1920 Vlastimil Tusar ........................ 1880-1924

16 Sep 1920 - 20 Sep 1921 Jan Černý (1st Time) ................... s.a

20 Sep 1921 - 08 Oct 1922 Edvard Beneš ........................... s.a

08 Oct 1922 - 18 Mar 1926 Antonio Švehla (1st Time) .............. 1873-1933

18 Mar      - 12 Oct 1926 Jan Černý (2nd Time)

12 Oct 1926 - 31 Jan 1929 Antonio Švehla (2nd Time)

24 Nov 1927 - 31 Jan 1929 Jan Šrámek ............................. 1870-1956

                          (acting for Švehla)

01 Feb 1929 - 09 Oct 1932 František Udržal ....................... 1866-1938

09 Oct 1932 - 05 Nov 1935 Jan Malypetr ........................... 1873-1947

05 Nov 1935 - 22 Sep 1938 Milan Hodža ............................ 1878-1944

22 Sep      - 01 Dec 1938 Jan Syrový ............................. s.a

01 Dec 1938 - 27 Apr 1939 Rudolf Beran ........................... 1887-1954

21 Jul 1940 - 04 Apr 1945 Jan Šrámek ............................. s.a

                          (in exile in London, U.K)

07 Apr 1945 - 03 Jul 1946 Zdenek Fierlinger ...................... 1891-1976 CSSD

03 Jul 1946 - 15 Jun 1948 Klement Gottwald ....................... 1896-1953 KSC

 

 

CSSD=Czech Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic)