List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
Coat of arms
Longest serving Lubomír Štrougal 28 January 1970 – 12 October 1988
Appointer	The President
Formation	14 November 1918
First holder	Karel Kramář
Final holder	Jan Stráský
Abolished	31 December 1992
Succession	Václav Klaus Vladimír Mečiar

The Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (Czech: Předseda vlády Československa, Slovak: Predseda vlády Česko-Slovenska) 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 in 1992.

Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Ethnicity	Term			Political Party
				Took office	Left office	Duration
First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)
1		Karel Kramář (1860–1937)	Czech	14 November 1918	8 July 1919	236 days	ČsND
2		Vlastimil Tusar (1880–1924)	Czech	8 July 1919	15 September 1920	1 year, 69 days	ČSSD
3		Jan Černý (1874–1959)	Czech	15 September 1920	26 September 1921	1 year, 11 days	Independent
4		Edvard Beneš (1884–1948)	Czech	26 September 1921	7 October 1922	1 year, 11 days	Independent
5		Antonín Švehla (1873–1933)	Czech	7 October 1922	18 March 1926	3 years, 162 days	RSZML Pětka
(3)		Jan Černý (1874–1959)	Czech	18 March 1926	12 October 1926	208 days	Independent
(5)		Antonín Švehla (1873–1933)	Czech	12 October 1926	1 February 1929	2 years, 112 days	RSZML Pětka
6		František Udržal (1866–1938)	Czech	1 February 1929	24 October 1932	3 years, 266 days	RSZML
7		Jan Malypetr (1873–1947)	Czech	24 October 1932	5 November 1935	3 years, 12 days	RSZML
8		Milan Hodža (1878–1944)	Slovak	5 November 1935	22 September 1938	2 years, 321 days	RSZML
Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)
9		Jan Syrový (1888–1970)	Czech	22 September 1938	1 December 1938	70 days	Independent
10		Rudolf Beran (1887–1954)	Czech	1 December 1938	15 March 1939	104 days	SNJ
Occupation (1939–1945) Alois Eliáš became Prime Minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a de iure autonomous region incorporated into Nazi Germany. Jan Šrámek became Prime Minister within the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, recognized as the only legitimate Czechoslovak Government during World War II. Vojtech Tuka became Prime Minister of the quasi-independent, pro-Nazi and clero-fascist Slovak Republic. Julian Révaý became Prime Minister of the Carpatho-Ukraine few days before occupation by the Kingdom of Hungary.
Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)
11		Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891–1976)	Czech	5 April 1945	2 July 1946	1 year, 88 days	ČSSD
12		Klement Gottwald (1896–1953)	Czech	2 July 1946	15 June 1948	1 year, 349 days	KSČ
Communist Era (1948–1989) Official names: Czechoslovak Republic (1948–1960), Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1989)
13		Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957)	Czech	15 June 1948	14 March 1953	4 years, 272 days	KSČ
14		Viliam Široký (1902–1971)	Slovak	14 March 1953	20 September 1963	10 years, 190 days	KSČ
15		Jozef Lenárt (1923–2004)	Slovak	20 September 1963	8 April 1968	4 years, 201 days	KSČ
16		Oldřich Černík (1921–1994)	Czech	8 April 1968	28 January 1970	1 year, 295 days	KSČ
17		Lubomír Štrougal (born 1924)	Czech	28 January 1970	12 October 1988	18 years, 258 days	KSČ
18		Ladislav Adamec (1926–2007)	Czech	12 October 1988	7 December 1989	1 year, 56 days	KSČ
Post–Communist Era (1989–1992) Official names: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1989–1990), Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)
19		Marián Čalfa (born 1946)	Slovak	7 December 1989	2 July 1992	2 years, 208 days	KSČ VPN Civic Democratic Union (Slovakia)
20		Jan Stráský (1940–2019)	Czech	2 July 1992	31 December 1992	182 days	ODS

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Primeros ministros de Checoslovaquia para niños