Czech Republic (Czechia)

 1920-39, 1945-60                    1960-1990                        1990-1992

623 - 658                 Samo's Empire

833 - 906                 Greater Moravia

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). 9th May, Liberation day (1945).

National Emblem: Lion of Bohemia.

National Motto: Pravda Vitezi (Truth Prevails).

Currency: Czechoslovak Koruna.



Chairman of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

08 Apr 1945 - 06 Sep 1951 Rudolf Slansky ......................... 1901-1952

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

06 Sep 1951 - 14 Mar 1953 Klement Gottwald ....................... 1896-1953

First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

14 Mar      - 21 Mar 1953 Political Secretariat of the Central Committee

                        - Karol Jozef Bacílek .................... 1896-1974

                        - Alexej Čepička ......................... 1910-1990

                        - Jaromír Dolanský ....................... 1895-1973

                        - Václav Kopecký ......................... 1897-1961

                        - Antonín Novotný ........................ 1904-1975

                        - Viliam Široký .......................... 1902-1971

                        - Antonín Zápotocký ...................... 1884-1957

21 Mar 1953 - 05 Jan 1968 Antonín Novotný ........................ s.a

05 Jan 1968 - 17 Apr 1969 Alexander Dubček ....................... 1921-1992

General Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party

17 Apr 1969 - 17 Dec 1987 Gustáv Husák ........................... 1913-1991

17 Dec 1987 - 24 Nov 1989 Miloš Jakeš ............................ 1922-2020

24 Nov      - 20 Dec 1989 Karel Urbánek .......................... 1941-

20 Dec 1989 - 01 Sep 1990 Ladislav Adamec ........................ 1926-2007


King

623 - 658 Samo 600-658

Great Princes of Greater Moravia

830 - 846 Mojmír I

846 - 869 St. Rastislav

869 - 871 Svatopluk (1st Time)

871       Slavomír

Kings

871 - 894 Svatopluk (2nd Time)

894 - 906 Mojmír II


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)

07 Jun 1948 - 14 Mar 1953 Klement Gottwald ....................... s.a       KSC

14 Mar 1953 - 13 Nov 1957 Antonín Zapotocký ...................... s.a       KSC

19 Nov 1957 - 22 Mar 1968 Antonín Novotný ........................ s.a       KSC

29 Mar      - 30 Mar 1968 Jozef Lenárt ........................... 1923-2004 KSC

                          (acting)

30 Mar 1968 - 29 May 1975 Ludvík Svoboda ......................... 1895-1979 KSC

26 Apr 1974 - 29 May 1975 Lubomír Štrougal ....................... 1924-2023 KSC

                          (acting for Svoboda)

29 Mar 1975 - 10 Dec 1989 Gustáv Husák ........................... s.a

10 Dec      - 29 Dec 1989 Marián Čalfa ........................... 1946-

                          (acting)

29 Dec 1989 - 20 Jul 1992 Václav Havel ........................... 1936-2011 OF

20 Jul      - 31 Dec 1992 Jan Stráský ............................ 1940-2019

                          (acting)

 

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

15 Jun 1948 - 21 Mar 1953 Antonín Zápotocký ...................... 1884-1957 KSC

21 Mar 1953 - 22 Sep 1963 Viliám Široký .......................... 1902-1971 KSC

22 Sep 1963 - 04 Apr 1968 Josef Lenárt ........................... s.a

04 Apr 1968 - 28 Jan 1970 Oldřich Černik ......................... 1921-1994 KSC

28 Jan 1970 - 11 Oct 1988 Lubomír Štrougal ....................... s.a

11 Oct 1988 - 10 Dec 1989 Ladislav Adamec ........................ s.a

10 Dec 1989 - 01 Jul 1992 Marián Čalfa ........................... 1946-

01 Jul      - 31 Dec 1992 Jan Stráský ............................ s.a

                          (acting)

 

CSSD=Czech Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic)