List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia

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This is a list of presidents of Czechoslovakia and prime ministers acting the president. It also lists leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia during the time when that party held a leading role in the state (1948-1989).

[edit] Presidents of Czechoslovakia

• Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk: 14 November 1918 – 14 December 1935
• Milan Hodža (acting): 14 – 18 December 1935
• Edvard Beneš: 18 December 1935 – 5 October 1938
• Jan Syrový (acting): 5 October – 30 November 1938
• Emil Hácha: 30 November 1938 – 13 May 1945
  • under German protectorate after 15 March 1939
• Edvard Beneš: 4 April 1945 – 7 June 1948
  • in exile, 21 July 1940 – 2 April 1945
• Klement Gottwald: 14 June 1948 – 14 March 1953
• Antonín Zápotocký: 21 March 1953 – 13 November 1957
• Viliam Široký (acting): 13 – 19 November 1957
• Antonín Novotný: 19 November 1957 – 22 March 1968
• Jozef Lenárt (acting): 22 – 30 March 1968
• Ludvík Svoboda: 30 March 1968 – 28 May 1975
• Gustáv Husák: 29 May 1975 – 10 December 1989
• Marián Čalfa (acting): 10 – 29 December 1989
• Václav Havel: 29 December 1989 – 20 July 1992
• Jan Stráský (acting): 20 July – 31 December 1992

[edit] Leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 1945 – 1989

(These – except for the last one – had the de facto real executive power.)

• Klement Gottwald: April 1945 – 14 March 1953
• Antonín Novotný: 14 March 1953 – 5 January 1968
• Alexander Dubček: 5 January 1968 – 17 April 1969
• Gustáv Husák: 17 April 1969 – 17 December 1987
• Miloš Jakeš: 17 December 1987 – 24 November 1989
• Karel Urbánek: 24 November – 20 December 1989

[edit] See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia

• List of rulers of Bohemia
  • List of Presidents of the Czech Republic
  • List of Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic

• List of rulers of Slovakia
  • List of Presidents of Slovakia
  • List of Prime Ministers of Slovakiacs:Seznam československých prezidentů

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