This a list of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia between the establishment of the republic on October 28, 1918 and until its abolition on March 15, 1939 following the annexation by Nazi Germany and Hungary.
List of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia[]
National Democratic Party (Československá národní demokracie)
Czechoslovak Social Democratic Worker's Party (')
Non-partisan
Czechoslovak National Socialist Party (Československá strana národně socialistická)
Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People
(Republikánská strana zemědělského a malorolnického lidu)
| # | Portrait | Name | Assumed office | Left office | Political Party | Cabinet | Seats in Parliament | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (October 28, 1918 - October 3, 1938) | ||||||||
| 1 | 
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Karel Kramář | November 14, 1918 | July 8, 1919 | National Democratic Party | Všenárodní Coalition | ||
| 2 | 
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Vlastimil Tusar | July 8, 1919 | September 15, 1920 | Czechoslovak Social Democratic Worker's Party | Red-Green Coalition | 151/300 | |
| 3 | 
|
Jan Černý | September 15, 1920 | September 26, 1921 | Non-partisan | Caretaker government | 178/300 | |
| 4 | 
|
Edvard Beneš | September 26, 1921 | October 7, 1922 | Czechoslovak National Socialist Party | Všenárodní Coalition | 178/300 | |
| 5 | 
|
Antonín Švehla | October 7, 1922 | March 18, 1926 | Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People | Všenárodní Coalition | Until 9/12/1925: 178/300 After 9/12/1925: 159/300 | |
| 6 |
|
Jan Černý | March 18, 1926 | October 12, 1926 | Non-partisan | Caretaker government | 159/300 | |
| 7 |
|
Antonín Švehla | October 12, 1926 | February 1, 1929 | Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People | Panská Coalition[1] | 162/300 | |
| 8 | 
|
František Udržal | February 1, 1929 | October 24, 1932 | Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People | Broad Coalition[2] | 191/300 | |
| 9 | 
|
Jan Malypetr | October 24, 1932 | November 5, 1935 | Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People | Broad Coalition | Until 14/2/1934: 179/300 Until 4/6/1935: 164/300 Until 5/11/1935: 166/300 | |
| 10 | 
|
Milan Hodža | November 5, 1935 | September 22, 1938 | Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People | Broad Coalition | Until 12/18/1935: 166/300 Until 21/7/1937: 172/300 Until 9/22/1938: 189/300 | |
| 11 | 
|
Jan Syrový | September 22, 1938 | March 15, 1939 | Non-partisan | Government of the Defence of the Republic | 167/300 | |
Republic of National Unity (October 3, 1938 - March 15, 1939)
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| 11 |
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Jan Syrový | September 22, 1938 | March 15, 1939 | Non-partisan | Government of the Defence of the Republic | 225/300 | |
Notes[]
- ↑ The Panská Coalition (Coalition of Lords) was a centre-right government comprising agrarians, christian democrats, liberalists and, for the first time, German christian democrats. The following parties participated in the government:
- Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People (Agrarians)
- Czechoslovak People's Party (Christian Democrats)
- Czechoslovak Entrepreneur and Businessmen Middle-Class Party (Liberalists)
- Německý svaz zemědělců
- Německá křesťansko-sociální strana lidová
- ↑ The Broad Coalition was in power from 1929 to 1938, and comprised all democratically-oriented parties:
- (Republikánská strana zemědělského a malorolnického lidu)
- (Československá národní demokracie)
- Czechoslovak People's Party (Československá strana lidová)
- Czechoslovak National Socialist Party (Československá strana národně socialistická)
- (Československá sociálně demokratická strana dělnická)
- Czechoslovak Entrepreneur and Businessmen Middle-Class Party (Československá živnostensko-obchodnická strana středostavovská)
- (Národní sjednocení)
- (Německá křesťansko sociální strana lidová)
- (Německá sociálně-demokratická strana dělnická)
- (Německý svaz zemědělců)