List of prime ministers of the Czech Republic

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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 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  [ cz ] (1920–1999)	8 January 1969	29 September 1969	264 days	Communist Party (KSČ)	I	KSČ	1968
2		Josef Kempný  [ cz ] (1920–1996)	29 September 1969	28 January 1970	121 days	Communist Party (KSČ)	I	KSČ
3		Josef Korčák (1921–2008)	28 January 1970	20 March 1987	17 years, 51 days	Communist Party (KSČ)	I	KSČ
							II		1971
							III		1976
							IV		1981
							V		1986
4		Ladislav Adamec (1926–2007)	20 March 1987	12 October 1988	1 year, 206 days	Communist Party (KSČ)	I	KSČ
5		František Pitra (1932–2018)	12 October 1988	6 February 1990	1 year, 117 days	Communist Party (KSČ)	I	KSČ
6		Petr Pithart (born 1941)	6 February 1990	6 March 1990	28 days	Civic Forum (OF)	I	KSČ – ČSL – OF – 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	29 June 1990	2 years, 118 days	Civic Forum (OF)	I	KSČ – ČSL – OF – ČSS	1986
			29 June 1990	27 April 1991			II	OF – HSD-SMS – KDU	1990
			27 April 1991	2 July 1992		Civic Movement (OH)	III	OH – ODS – HSD-SMS – KDU
7		Václav Klaus (born 1941)	2 July 1992	31 December 1992	182 days	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
			Took office	Left office	Tenure
1		Václav Klaus (born 1941)	1 January 1993	4 July 1996	5 years, 1 day	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 [a]	22 July 1998	201 days	Independent	I	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA ODS later replaced by US
3		Miloš Zeman (born 1944)	22 July 1998 [b]	15 July 2002	3 years, 358 days	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I	ČSSD	1998
4		Vladimír Špidla (born 1951)	15 July 2002 [c]	4 August 2004	2 years, 20 days	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU	2002
5		Stanislav Gross (1969–2015)	4 August 2004 [d]	25 April 2005	264 days	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I
6		Jiří Paroubek (born 1952)	25 April 2005	4 September 2006	1 year, 132 days	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I
7		Mirek Topolánek (born 1956)	4 September 2006 [e]	9 January 2007	2 years, 246 days	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	ODS	2006
			9 January 2007 [f]	8 May 2009			II	ODS – KDU-ČSL – SZ
8		Jan Fischer (born 1951)	8 May 2009 [g]	13 July 2010	1 year, 66 days	Independent	I	Caretaker government
9		Petr Nečas (born 1964)	13 July 2010 [h]	10 July 2013	2 years, 362 days	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	ODS – TOP 09 – VV VV later replaced by LIDEM	2010
10		Jiří Rusnok (born 1960)	10 July 2013 [i]	29 January 2014	203 days	Independent	I	ČSSD [1] – KDU-ČSL ČSSD exited cabinet [2]
11		Bohuslav Sobotka (born 1971)	29 January 2014 [j]	13 December 2017	3 years, 318 days	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I	ČSSD – ANO – KDU-ČSL	2013
12		Andrej Babiš (born 1954)	13 December 2017 [k]	27 June 2018	4 years, 4 days	ANO	I	ANO	2017
			27 June 2018 [l]	17 December 2021			II	ANO – ČSSD
13		Petr Fiala (born 1964)	17 December 2021 [m]	Incumbent	3 years, 320 days	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	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

Notes

1. Designated prime minister on 17 December 1997
2. Designated prime minister on 17 July 1998
3. Designated prime minister on 12 July 2002
4. Designated prime minister on 26 July 2004
5. Designated prime minister on 16 August 2006
6. Designated as prime minister on 8 November 2006
7. Designated as prime minister on 9 April 2009
8. Designated prime minister on 28 June 2010
9. Designated prime minister on 26 June 2013
10. Designated prime minister on 17 January 2013
11. Designated prime minister on 6 December 2017
12. Designated prime minister on 6 June 2018
13. Designated prime minister on 28 November 2021

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.