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This is a list of prime ministers of the Czech Republic, a political office that was created in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

The Czech Republic is a parliamentary representative democracy, with the Prime Minister acting as head of government and the President acting as head of state.

The first Prime Minister of the Czech Republic was Václav Klaus, who served as the second President from 7 March 2003 until 7 March 2013. The current and 13th Prime Minister is Petr Fiala, leader of the ODS, who was appointed by the President on November 28, 2021.

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)

6 March 1990 – 31 December 1992: called "Czech Republic" within Czechoslovakia.

Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic (Federal part)

Parties

      OF
      OH (Social-liberal)
      ODS (Liberal-conservative)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Election
Took office Left office Days
6 P. Pithart (Roztoky 1990).jpg Petr Pithart
(born 1941)
6 February 1990 29 June 1990 877 Civic Forum
(OF)
I KSČ – ČSL – OF – ČSS 1986
29 June 1990 2 July 1992 II OF – HSD-SMS – KDU
OF later replaced by OH and ODS
1990
6 Civic Movement
(OH)
7 Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg Václav Klaus
(born 1941)
2 July 1992 31 December 1992 182 Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)
I ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS 1992

Czech Republic (1993–present)

From 1 January 1993 after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic

Parties

      ODS (Liberal-conservative)
      ČSSD (Social democratic)
      ANO (Populist)
      Independent

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Election
Designated Took office Left office Days
1 Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg Václav Klaus
(born 1941)
1 January 1993 1 January 1993 4 July 1996 1,827 Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)
I ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS 1992
4 July 1996 4 July 1996 2 January 1998 II ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA 1996
2 Josef Tošovský, Czech Prime Minister.jpeg Josef Tošovský
(born 1950)
17 December 1997 2 January 1998 22 July 1998 217 Independent ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA
ODS later replaced by US
3 Zeman M 1.JPG Miloš Zeman
(born 1944)
17 July 1998 22 July 1998 15 July 2002 1,459 Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)
ČSSD 1998
4 Vladimir Spidla, 2007 crop.jpg Vladimír Špidla
(born 1951)
12 July 2002 15 July 2002 4 August 2004 754 Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)
ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU 2002
5 Stanislav gross.jpg Stanislav Gross
(1969–2015)
26 July 2004 4 August 2004 25 April 2005 273 Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)
6 Jiri Paroubek.jpg Jiří Paroubek
(born 1952)
25 April 2005 25 April 2005 4 September 2006 497 Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)
7 Mirek Topolanek.jpg Mirek Topolánek
(born 1956)
16 August 2006 4 September 2006 9 January 2007 996 Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)
I ODS 2006
8 November 2006 9 January 2007 8 May 2009 II ODS – KDU-ČSL – SZ
8 Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Fischer.JPG Jan Fischer
(born 1951)
9 April 2009 8 May 2009 13 July 2010 460 Independent No party
9 Latvijas un Čehijas premjerministru tikšanās (8747337376) (cropped).jpg Petr Nečas
(born 1964)
28 June 2010 13 July 2010 10 July 2013 1,108 Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)
ODS – TOP 09 – VV
VV later replaced by LIDEM
2010
10 Jiri Rusnok2.JPG Jiří Rusnok
(born 1960)
25 June 2013 10 July 2013 29 January 2014 218 Independent ČSSD – KDU-ČSL
ČSSD exited cabinet
11 Bohuslav Sobotka Rozhlas 2015.JPG Bohuslav Sobotka
(born 1971)
17 January 2014 29 January 2014 13 December 2017 1,426 Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)
ČSSD – ANO 2011 – KDU-ČSL 2013
12 A Babiš Praha 2015.JPG Andrej Babiš
(born 1954)
6 December 2017 13 December 2017 27 June 2018 1,472 ANO 2011 I ANO 2011 2017
6 June 2018 27 June 2018 17 December 2021 II ANO 2011 – ČSSD
13 Petr Fiala 2019 Praha.jpg Petr Fiala
(born 1964)
28 November 2021 17 December 2021 Incumbent 1,120 Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)
SPOLU (ODS – KDU-ČSL – TOP 09) – PirStan (STAN – Piráti) 2021

Timeline

Petr Fiala Andrej Babiš Bohuslav Sobotka Jiří Rusnok Petr Nečas Jan Fischer Mirek Topolánek Jiří Paroubek Stanislav Gross Vladimir Špidla Miloš Zeman Josef Tošovský Václav Klaus

See also

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