The prime minister of Czechoslovakia (, ) 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.

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) Political parties

Other factions

Portrait Name Ethnicity Term of office Party Cabinet Took office Left office Time in office First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) – Tomáš Masaryk Czech 14 October 1918 14 November 1918 Independent 1 Karel Kramář Czech 14 November 1918 8 July 1919 ČsND 2 Vlastimil Tusar Czech 8 July 1919 15 September 1920 ČSSD – 3 Jan Černý Czech 15 September 1920 26 September 1921 Independent 4 Edvard Beneš Czech 26 September 1921 7 October 1922 Independent 5 Antonín Švehla Czech 7 October 1922 18 March 1926 RSZML – (3) Jan Černý Czech 18 March 1926 12 October 1926 Independent (5) Antonín Švehla Czech 12 October 1926 1 February 1929 RSZML 6 František Udržal Czech 1 February 1929 24 October 1932 RSZML – 7 Jan Malypetr Czech 24 October 1932 5 November 1935 RSZML –– 8 Milan Hodža Slovak 5 November 1935 22 September 1938 RSZML –– Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939) 9 Jan Syrový Czech 22 September 1938 1 December 1938 Independent – 10 Rudolf Beran Czech 1 December 1938 15 March 1939 SNJ Occupation (1939–1945) Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945) – Jan Šrámek Czech 21 July 1940 5 April 1945 ČSL – Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948) 11 Zdeněk Fierlinger Czech 5 April 1945 2 July 1946 ČSSD – 12 Klement Gottwald Czech 2 July 1946 15 June 1948 KSČ – Communist Era (1948–1989) 13 Antonín Zápotocký Czech 15 June 1948 14 March 1953 KSČ 14 Viliam Široký Slovak 14 March 1953 20 September 1963 KSČ –– 15 Jozef Lenárt Slovak 20 September 1963 8 April 1968 KSČ 16 Oldřich Černík Czech 8 April 1968 28 January 1970 KSČ –– 17 Lubomír Štrougal Czech 28 January 1970 12 October 1988 KSČ ––––– 18 Ladislav Adamec Czech 12 October 1988 10 December 1989 KSČ Post–Communist Era (1989–1992) 19 Marián Čalfa Slovak 10 December 1989 2 July 1992 KSČ – VPN ODÚ 20 Jan Stráský Czech 2 July 1992 31 December 1992 ODS

Timeline

See also

List of heads of the Czech state List of Bohemian monarchs List of political office-holders in 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 List of Czech presidential pets

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