List of prime ministers of the Czech Republic

Further information: Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

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

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		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		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		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 (born 1950)	17 December 1997	2 January 1998	22 July 1998	217	Independent	•	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA ODS later replaced by US
3		Miloš Zeman (born 1944)	17 July 1998	22 July 1998	15 July 2002	1,459	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	•	ČSSD	1998
4		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 (1969–2015)	26 July 2004	4 August 2004	25 April 2005	273	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	•
6		Jiří Paroubek (born 1952)	25 April 2005	25 April 2005	4 September 2006	497	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	•
7		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		Jan Fischer (born 1951)	9 April 2009	8 May 2009	13 July 2010	460	Independent	•	No party
9		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		Jiří Rusnok (born 1960)	25 June 2013	10 July 2013	29 January 2014	218	Independent	•	ČSSD [1] – KDU-ČSL ČSSD exited cabinet [2]
11		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		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 (born 1964)	28 November 2021	17 December 2021	Incumbent	1,384	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	•	SPOLU (ODS – KDU-ČSL – TOP 09) – PirStan (STAN – Piráti)	2021

Timeline

See also

• List of rulers of Bohemia
• List of presidents of Czechoslovakia
• List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia
• List of prime ministers of the Czech Socialist Republic
• List of rulers of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia
• List of presidents of the Czech Republic
• Lists of incumbents

External links

• Prime Minister - Government of the Czech Republic

References

1. "MGR. Marie Benešová". Government of the Czech Republic (in Czech). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
2. Ovčáček, Jiří (23 August 2013). "Benešová musela vystoupit z ČSSD, aby za ni mohla kandidovat". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis.