List of prime ministers of the Czech Republic facts for kids

The Czech Republic has a special leader called the Prime Minister. This person is the head of government, which means they are in charge of how the country is run day-to-day. The Prime Minister leads the government and makes sure things like schools, hospitals, and roads work well. The President is the head of state, who represents the country.

The job of Prime Minister in the Czech Republic started in 1993. This was after Czechoslovakia split into two separate countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The very first Prime Minister of the Czech Republic was Václav Klaus. He later became the President. The person who is Prime Minister right now is Petr Fiala. He became the 13th Prime Minister on December 17, 2021.

Petr Fiala is the current Czech Prime Minister since December 17, 2021.

Prime Ministers Before 1993

Even before the Czech Republic became fully independent in 1993, there was a leader called the Prime Minister for the Czech part of Czechoslovakia. This period was from March 6, 1990, to December 31, 1992.

Here are the people who served as Prime Minister during that time:

Political Parties

      OF
      OH
      ODS

No.	Photo	Name (Born–Died)	Time in Office		Political Party	Government		Election
			Started	Ended
6		Petr Pithart (born 1941)	6 February 1990	29 June 1990	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		Václav Klaus (born 1941)	2 July 1992	31 December 1992	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS	1992

Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic (1993–Present)

Since January 1, 1993, the Czech Republic has been an independent country. Here are the Prime Ministers who have served since then:

Political Parties

      ODS
      ČSSD
      ANO
      Independent

No.	Photo	Name (Born–Died)	Time in Office			Political Party	Government		Election
			Started	Ended	Total Days
1		Václav Klaus (born 1941)	1 January 1993	4 July 1996	1,827	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS	1992
			4 July 1996	2 January 1998			II	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA	1996
2		Josef Tošovský (born 1950)	2 January 1998	22 July 1998	217	Independent	•	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA ODS later replaced by US
3		Miloš Zeman (born 1944)	22 July 1998	15 July 2002	1,459	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	•	ČSSD	1998
4		Vladimír Špidla (born 1951)	15 July 2002	4 August 2004	754	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	•	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU	2002
5		Stanislav Gross (1969–2015)	4 August 2004	25 April 2005	273	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	•
6		Jiří Paroubek (born 1952)	25 April 2005	4 September 2006	497	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	•
7		Mirek Topolánek (born 1956)	4 September 2006	9 January 2007	996	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	ODS	2006
			9 January 2007	8 May 2009			II	ODS – KDU-ČSL – SZ
8		Jan Fischer (born 1951)	8 May 2009	13 July 2010	460	Independent	•	No party
9		Petr Nečas (born 1964)	13 July 2010	10 July 2013	1,108	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	•	ODS – TOP 09 – VV VV later replaced by LIDEM	2010
10		Jiří Rusnok (born 1960)	10 July 2013	29 January 2014	218	Independent	•	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL ČSSD exited cabinet
11		Bohuslav Sobotka (born 1971)	29 January 2014	13 December 2017	1,426	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	•	ČSSD – ANO 2011 – KDU-ČSL	2013
12		Andrej Babiš (born 1954)	13 December 2017	27 June 2018	1,472	ANO 2011	I	ANO 2011	2017
			27 June 2018	17 December 2021			II	ANO 2011 – ČSSD
13		Petr Fiala (born 1964)	17 December 2021	Incumbent	1,320	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	•	SPOLU (ODS – KDU-ČSL – TOP 09) – PirStan (STAN – Piráti)	2021

Images for kids

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  Petr Pithart

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  Václav Klaus

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  Josef Tošovský

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  Miloš Zeman

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  Vladimír Špidla

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  Stanislav Gross

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  Jiří Paroubek

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  Mirek Topolánek

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  Jan Fischer

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  Petr Nečas

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  Jiří Rusnok

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  Bohuslav Sobotka

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  Andrej Babiš

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  Petr Fiala