List of presidents of Czechoslovakia


The President of Czechoslovakia was the head of state of Czechoslovakia, from the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 until the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1992.
In periods when the presidency was vacant, most presidential duties were assumed by the Prime Minister. However, the Czechoslovak Constitutions never defined anything like a post of acting president.
The second section lists the General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1945–1989. After the 1948 coup d'état, the General Secretary was the country's de facto chief executive. However, three general secretaries also served as president at some point in their tenures.
The last living former President of Czechoslovakia, Václav Havel, died in 2011.
, there is one living former General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia: Karel Urbánek.

Provisional governments-in-exile (1916–1918)

Presidents of Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)

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General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)

Except for the final office-holder, they each held a strong executive power in the country de facto.
Title: Chairman and First Secretary.
PortraitNameLifespanEthnicityTook officeLeft office
1Klement Gottwald1896–1953CzechFebruary 194814 March 1953
2Antonín Novotný1904–1975Czech14 March 19535 January 1968
3Alexander Dubček1921–1992Slovak5 January 196817 April 1969
4Gustáv Husák1913–1991Slovak17 April 196917 December 1987
5Miloš Jakeš1922–2020Czech17 December 198724 November 1989
6Karel Urbánek1941–Czech24 November 198920 December 1989

Timeline


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from: 18/12/1935 till: 05/10/1938 color:pink text:"Beneš" fontsize:10
from: 30/11/1938 till: 15/03/1939 color:black text:"Hácha" fontsize:10
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from: 21/03/1953 till: 13/11/1957 color:red text:"Zápotocký" fontsize:10
from: 19/11/1957 till: 22/03/1968 color:red text:"Novotný" fontsize:10
from: 30/03/1968 till: 28/05/1975 color:red text:"Svoboda" fontsize:10
from: 29/05/1975 till: 10/12/1989 color:red text:"Husák" fontsize:10
from: 29/12/1989 till: 20/07/1992 color:blue text:"Havel" fontsize:10

Presidential Standards