 | Leaders of the Czech Republic |
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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website. Also visit a detailed page on Czech Governments since 1993 to know more about the ruling parties. For data to 1 Jan 1993, see the late Czechoslovakia.
Parties:
CSSD: Czech Social Democratic Party
KDU-CSL: Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party
KSCM: Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
ODA: Civic Democratic Alliance
ODS: Civic Democratic Party
RMS: Republican Party
SPR-RSC: Rally for the Republic-Republican Party of Czechoslovakia
SZ: Green Party
TOP09: Tradition, Responsibility, Prosperity
US-DEU: Freedom Union-Democratic Union
VV: Public Affairs
n/p: non-party
 Deputy Prime Ministers
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Jan Kalvoda 1 Jan 1993 - 7 Jan 1997 ODA
Ivan Kocárník 2 Jul 1992 - 2 Jun 1997 ODS
Josef Lux 2 Jul 1992 - 22 Jul 1998 KDU-CSL (+1999)
Josef Zieleniec 4 Jul 1996 - 23 Oct 1997 ODS
Jirí Skalicky 16 Jun 1997 - 20 Feb 1998 ODA
Jaroslav Sedivy 2 Jan 1998 - 22 Jul 1998 n/p
Egon Lánsky 22 Jan 1998 - 1 Dec 1999 CSSD
Pavel Mertlík 22 Jul 1998 - 13 Apr 2001 CSSD
Pavel Rychetsky 22 Jul 1998 - 5 Ago 2003 CSSD
Vladimír Spidla 22 Jul 1998 - 12 Jul 2002 CSSD
Jan Kavan 10 Dec 1999 - 15 Jul 2002 CSSD
Miroslav Grégr 30 May 2001 - 15 Jul 2002 CSSD
Stanislav Gross 15 Jul 2002 - 26 Jul 2004 CSSD
Petr Mares 15 Jul 2002 - 4 Aug 2004 US-DEU
Cyril Svoboda 15 Jul 2002 - 4 Aug 2004 KDU-CSL
Bohuslav Sobotka 30 Oct 2003 - 4 Aug 2004 CSSD
Martin Jahn 4 Aug 2004 - 31 Dec 2005 n/p
Pavel Nemec 4 Aug 2004 - 4 Sep 2006 US-DEU
Milan Simonovsky 4 Aug 2004 - 4 Sep 2006 KDU-CSL
Zdenek Skromach 4 Aug 2004 - 4 Sep 2006 CSSD
Bohuslav Sobotka 25 Apr 2005 - 4 Sep 2006 CSSD
Jirí Havel 3 Jan 2006 - 4 Sep 2006 CSSD
Petr Necas 4 Sep 2006 - 8 May 2009 ODS
Martin Bursík 9 Jan 2007 - 8 May 2009 SZ
Jirí Cunek 9 Jan 2007 - 7 Nov 2007 KDU-CSL
Alexandr Vondra 9 Jan 2007 - 8 May 2009 ODS
Jirí Cunek 2 Apr 2008 - 23 Jan 2009 KDU-CSL
Vlasta Parkanová 23 Jan 2009 - 8 May 2009 KDU-CSL
Jan Kohout 8 May 2009 - 13 Jul 2010 n/p
Martin Barták 8 May 2009 - 13 Jul 2010 n/p
Karel Schwarzenberg 13 Jul 2010 - TOP09
Radek John 13 Jul 2010 - VV
First Deputy Prime Ministers
Bohuslav Sobotka 25 Apr 2005 - 4 Sep 2006 CSSD
Jirí Cunek 9 Jan 2007 - 7 Nov 2007 KDU-CSL
Jirí Cunek 2 Apr 2008 - 23 Jan 2009 KDU-CSL
Vlasta Parkanová 23 Jan 2009 - 8 May 2009 KDU-CSL
Karel Schwarzenberg 13 Jul 2010 - TOP09
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(Source: Rulers, by Ben Schemmel)
| Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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Josef Zieleniec 1 Jan 1993 - 23 Oct 1997 ODS
Jaroslav Sedivy 8 Nov 1997 - 22 Jul 1998 n/p
Jan Kavan 22 Jul 1998 - 15 Jul 2002 CSSD
Cyril Svoboda 15 Jul 2002 - 4 Sep 2006 KDU-CSL
Alexandr Vondra 4 Sep 2006 - 9 Jan 2007 n/p, ODS
Karel Schwarzenberg 9 Jan 2007 - 8 May 2009 n/p
Jan Kohout 8 May 2009 - 13 Jul 2010 n/p
Karel Schwarzenberg 13 Jul 2010 - TOP09
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| Ministers of Defence
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Antonín Baudys 1 Jan 1993 - 22 Sep 1994 KDU-CSL
Vilem Holan 22 Sep 1994 - 4 Jul 1996 KDU-CSL
Miroslav Vyborny 4 Jul 1996 - 30 Dec 1997 KDU-CSL
Michal Lobkowicz 2 Jan 1998 - 22 Jul 1998 ODS
Vladimír Vetchy 22 Jul 1998 - 4 May 2001 CSSD
Jaroslav Tvrdik 4 May 2001 - 9 Jun 2003 CSSD
Miroslav Kostelka 9 Jun 2003 - 4 Aug 2004 n/p
Karel Kühnl 4 Aug 2004 - 4 Sep 2006 US-DEU
Jirí Sedivy 4 Sep 2006 - 9 Jan 2007 n/p
Vlasta Parkanová 9 Jan 2007 - 8 May 2009 KDU-CSL
Martin Barták 8 May 2009 - 13 Jul 2010 n/p
Alexandr Vondra 13 Jul 2010 - ODS
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| Ministers of the Interior
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Jan Ruml 1 Jan 1993 - 7 Nov 1997 ODS
Jindrich Vodicka 8 Nov 1997 - 2 Jan 1998 ODS
Cyril Svoboda 2 Jan 1998 - 22 Jul 1998 KDU-CSL
Václav Grulich 22 Jul 1998 - 4 Apr 2000 CSSD
Stanislav Gross 4 Apr 2000 - 4 Aug 2004 CSSD
Frantisek Bublan 4 Aug 2004 - 4 Sep 2006 n/p
Ivan Langer 4 Sep 2006 - 8 May 2009 ODS
Martin Pecina 8 May 2009 - 13 Jul 2010 n/p
Radek John 13 Jul 2010 - 21 Apr 2011 VV
Jan Kubice 21 Apr 2011 - n/p
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| Ministers of Finance
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Ivan Kocárnik 1 Jan 1993 - 2 Jun 1997 ODS
Ivan Pilip 3 Jun 1997 - 22 Jul 1998 ODS
Ivo Svoboda 22 Jul 1998 - 20 Jul 1999 CSSD
Pavel Mertlik 21 Jul 1999 - 13 Apr 2001 CSSD
Jirí Rusnok 13 Apr 2001 - 15 Jul 2002 CSSD
Bohuslav Sobotka 15 Jul 2002 - 4 Sep 2006 CSSD
Vlastimil Tlusty 4 Sep 2006 - 9 Jan 2007 ODS
Miroslav Kalousek 9 Jan 2007 - 8 May 2009 KDU-CSL
Eduard Janota 8 May 2009 - 13 Jul 2010 n/p
Miroslav Kalousek 13 Jul 2010 - TOP09
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| Chairmen of the House of Representatives (Poslanecká Sněmovna)
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Milan Uhde 1 Jan 1993 - 27 Jun 1996 ODS
Milos Zeman 27 Jun 1996 - 17 Jul 1998 CSSD
Václav Klaus 17 Jul 1998 - 11 Jul 2002 ODS
Lubomír Zaorálek 11 Jul 2002 - 14 Aug 2006 CSSD
Miloslav Vlcek 14 Aug 2006 - 30 Apr 2010 CSSD
Miroslava Nemcová 1 May 2010 - ODS (acting to 24 Jun 2010)
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| Chairmen of the Senate (Sénat)
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Petr Pithart 18 Dec 1996 - 16 Dec 1998 KDU-CSL
Libuse Benesová 16 Dec 1998 - 23 Nov 2000 ODS
Ivan Havlícek 24 Nov 2000 - 19 Dec 2000 CSSD (acting)
Petr Pithart 19 Dec 2000 - 15 Dec 2004 KDU-CSL
Premysl Sobotka 15 Dec 2004 - ODS
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 Chairmen of CSSD |
Zdenek Fierlinger 1945-1947 (+1976)
Bohumil Lausman 1947-1948 (+1963)
Zdenek Fierlinger 1948 (+1976)
Jirí Horák 1990-1993 (+2003)
Milos Zeman 1993-2001
Vladimír Spidla 2001-2004
Stanislav Gross 2004-2005 (acting to 2005)
Bohuslav Sobotka 2005-2006 (acting)
Jirí Paroubek 2006-2010
Bohuslav Sobotka 2010- (acting)
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From 1945 to 1948 the party was known as Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party of Workers (CSDSD); in Jun that year it merged into the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC). On 25 Mar 1990 was formally reconstitued as CSSD. (List courtesy of Michal Kubálek)
ODS was founded on 21 Apr 1991. In Mar 1996 the Christian Democratic Party (KDS) merged into it.
 Chairmen of KSCM
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Jirí Machalík 1990
Jirí Svoboda 1990-1993
Miroslav Grebenícek 1993-2005
Vojtech Filip 2005-
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KSCM was founded on 31 Mar 1990 as a faction of the KSC, which ceased to exist. (list courtesy of Michal Kubálek)
 Chairmen of KDU-CSL
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Jan Srámek 1919-1948 (+1956)
Alois Petr 1948-1951
Jozef Plojhar 1951-1968
Antonín Pospisil 1968-1973
Rostislav Petera 1973-1980
Frantisek Toman 1980-1981
Zbynek Zalman 1981-1989
Jozef Bartoncík 1989-1990
Josef Lux 1990-1998 (+1999)
Jan Kasal 1998-2001
Cyril Svoboda 2001-2003
Miroslav Kalousek 2003-2006
Jan Kasal 2006 (acting)
Jirí Cunek 2006-2009
Cyril Svoboda 2009-2010
Michaela Sojdrová 2010- (acting)
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The old CSL, founded in 1918, entered in 1948 in the National Front dominated by the KSC. In Nov 1989 the party cut links with the KSC and changed its name to KDU-CSL. In Mar 1992 it merged with other small christian and agrarian parties. (List courtesy of Ludek Kudlácek)
  Chairmen of US and US-DEU
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Jan Ruml 1998-1999
Karel Kühnl 1999-2001
Hana Marvanová 2001-2002
Ivan Pilip 2002-2003 (acting)
Petr Mares 2003-2004
Pavel Nemec 2004-2006
Jan Hadrava 2006-2007
Jan Cerny 2007-
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The Freedom Union (US) was founded on 17 Jan 1998 by splinters of ODS. On 27 Oct 2001 it merged with the extraparliamentary Democratic Union (DEU) to form US-DEU.
Chairman of TOP 09
Karel Schwarzenberg 2009-
TOP 09 was launched on 11 Jun 2009 by splinters of KDU-CSL.
Chairmen of VV
Jaroslav Skárka ? -2009
Radek John 2009-
VV was founded in 2001.
 Leader of 4 Koalice
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Karel Kühnl 2001-2002
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4 Koalice (4K) was set up in Sep 2000 by four parties: KDU-CSL, US, DEU and the Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA). The coalition was disbanded on 1 Feb 2002.
 Chairman of SPR-RSC and RMS
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Miroslav Sládek 1990-
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SPR-RSC was founded in Nov 1989. In 2000 it was disbanded and Sladek founded a new party, the RMS.
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