Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czechoslovakia)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Czech: Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí Slovak: Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí
Ministry overview
Formed	14 November 1918;106 years ago (1918-11-14)
Dissolved	31 December 1992;32 years ago (1992-12-31)
Jurisdiction	Czechoslovakia
Headquarters	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Ministers responsible	Edvard Beneš, first Minister of Foreign Affairs Jozef Moravčík, last Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia refers to the foreign affairs ministry which was responsible for representing internationally Czechoslovakia during its existence, from 1918 to 1992.

List of ministers

First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Beneš, Edvard Edvard Beneš (1884–1948)	14 November 1918	18 December 1935	17 years, 34 days	ČSNS
2		Hodža, Milan Milan Hodža (1878–1944)	18 December 1935	29 February 1936	73 days	RSZML
3		Krofta, Kamil Kamil Krofta (1876–1945)	29 February 1936	4 October 1938	2 years, 218 days	ČsND

Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Chvalkovský, František František Chvalkovský (1885–1945)	4 October 1938	15 March 1939	162 days	RSZML

Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Masaryk, Jan Jan Masaryk (1886–1948)	21 July 1940	5 April 1945	4 years, 258 days	Independent

Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Masaryk, Jan Jan Masaryk (1886–1948)	5 April 1945	10 March 1948	2 years, 340 days	Independent

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1989)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Clementis, Vladimír Vladimír Clementis (1902–1952)	18 March 1948	14 March 1950	1 year, 361 days	KSČ
2		Široký, Viliam Viliam Široký (1902–1971)	14 March 1950	31 December 1952	2 years, 292 days	KSČ
3		David, Václav Václav David (1910–1996)	31 March 1953	8 April 1968	15 years, 8 days	KSČ
4		Hájek, Jiří Jiří Hájek (1913–1993)	8 April 1968	19 September 1968	164 days	KSČ
–		Černík, Oldřich Oldřich Černík (1921–1994) Acting	19 September 1968	31 December 1968	103 days	KSČ
5		Marko, Ján Ján Marko  [ cs ] (1920–?)	2 January 1969	9 December 1971	2 years, 341 days	KSČ
6		Chňoupek, Bohuslav Bohuslav Chňoupek (1925–2004)	9 December 1971	11 October 1988	16 years, 307 days	KSČ
7		Johanes, Jaromír Jaromír Johanes  [ cs ] (born 1933)	12 October 1988	10 December 1989	1 year, 59 days	KSČ

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Dienstbier, Jiří Jiří Dienstbier (1937–2011)	10 December 1989	27 June 1992	2 years, 200 days	OF
2		Moravčík, Jozef Jozef Moravčík (born 1945)	2 July 1992	31 December 1992	182 days	HZDS

Timeline

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic)
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia)
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia)

External links

• Czechoslovak ministries, etc – Rulers.org