List of prime ministers of the Czech Republic

Further information: Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Stanislav Rázl  ( cz ) was the first Czech head of government

Josef Korčák was the longest serving Czech head of government

Václav Klaus was the first independent Czech head of government

Andrej Babiš is the current prime minister and the only one who held the position in two non-consecutive terms

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 14th Prime Minister is Andrej Babiš, leader of ANO 2011, who was appointed by the President on December 9, 2025.

Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)

Main article: List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia

Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990)

1 January 1969 – 5 March 1990: called "Czech Socialist Republic" within Czechoslovakia.

Prime Ministers of the Czech Socialist Republic(Federal part)

Parties:

   KSČ (Communist)
   OF

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet		Election
			Took office	Left office	Tenure
1		Stanislav Rázl  ( cs ) (1920–1999)	8 January 1969	29 September 1969	264 days	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	I	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS	1968
2		Josef Kempný  ( cs ) (1920–1996)	29 September 1969	28 January 1970	121 days	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	I	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS
3		Josef Korčák (1921–2008)	28 January 1970	20 March 1987	17 years, 51 days	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	I	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS
							II	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS	1971
							III	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS	1976
							IV	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS	1981
							V	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS	1986
4		Ladislav Adamec (1926–2007)	20 March 1987	12 October 1988	1 year, 206 days	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	I	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS
5		František Pitra (1932–2018)	12 October 1988	6 February 1990	1 year, 117 days	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	I	KSČ – ČSL – ČSS KSČ – OF – ČSL – ČSS
6		Petr Pithart (born 1941)	6 February 1990	6 March 1990	28 days	Civic Forum	I	KSČ – OF – ČSL – ČSS

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	Tenure
6		Petr Pithart (born 1941)	6 March 1990	2 July 1992	2 years, 118 days	Civic Forum	I	KSČ – OF – ČSL – ČSS	1986
							II	OF – HSD-SMS – KDU	1990
						Civic Movement	III	OH – ODS – HSD-SMS – KDU
7		Václav Klaus (born 1941)	2 July 1992	31 December 1992	182 days	Civic Democratic Party	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 2011 (Populist)
   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet		Election
			Took office	Left office	Tenure
1		Václav Klaus (born 1941) [1] [2]	1 January 1993	17 December 1997	4 years, 350 days	Civic Democratic Party	I	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS	1992
							II	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA	1996
2		Josef Tošovský (born 1950) [3]	17 December 1997	17 July 1998	212 days	Independent	I	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA ODS later replaced by US
3		Miloš Zeman (born 1944) [4]	17 July 1998	12 July 2002	3 years, 360 days	Czech Social Democratic Party	I	ČSSD	1998
4		Vladimír Špidla (born 1951) [5]	12 July 2002	26 July 2004	2 years, 14 days	Czech Social Democratic Party	I	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU	2002
5		Stanislav Gross (1969–2015) [6]	26 July 2004	25 April 2005	273 days	Czech Social Democratic Party	I	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU
6		Jiří Paroubek (born 1952) [7]	25 April 2005	16 August 2006	1 year, 113 days	Czech Social Democratic Party	I	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU
7		Mirek Topolánek (born 1956) [8] [9]	16 August 2006	9 April 2009	2 years, 236 days	Civic Democratic Party	I	ODS	2006
							II	ODS – KDU-ČSL – SZ
8		Jan Fischer (born 1951) [10]	9 April 2009	28 June 2010	1 year, 80 days	Independent	I	ODS – ČSSD – SZ
9		Petr Nečas (born 1964) [11]	28 June 2010	25 June 2013	2 years, 347 days	Civic Democratic Party	I	ODS – TOP 09 – VV VV later replaced by LIDEM	2010
10		Jiří Rusnok (born 1960) [12]	25 June 2013	17 January 2014	206 days	Independent	I	ČSSD [13] – KDU-ČSL ČSSD exited cabinet [14]
11		Bohuslav Sobotka (born 1971) [15]	17 January 2014	6 December 2017	3 years, 323 days	Czech Social Democratic Party	I	ČSSD – ANO 2011 – KDU-ČSL	2013
12		Andrej Babiš (born 1954) [16] [17]	6 December 2017	28 November 2021	3 years, 357 days	ANO 2011	I	ANO 2011	2017
							II	ANO 2011 – ČSSD
13		Petr Fiala (born 1964) [18]	28 November 2021	9 December 2025	4 years, 11 days	Civic Democratic Party	I	Spolu (ODS – KDU-ČSL – TOP 09) – PirStan (STAN – Pirates) Pirates exited cabinet	2021
(12)		Andrej Babiš (born 1954) [19] [20] [21]	9 December 2025	Incumbent	10 days	ANO 2011	III	ANO 2011 – SPD – AUTO	2025

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

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