List of Presidents of the Czech Republic
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This is a list of Presidents 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 President acting as head of state and the Prime Minister acting as head of government.
The first President of the Czech Republic was Václav Havel. The current President is Miloš Zeman, in office since 8 March 2013. Until 2012, the President was elected by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, for a term lasting five years. Since 2013 the President is elected by popular vote. The only living former President of the Czech Republic is Václav Klaus.
Presidents of the Czech Republic
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| No. |
President | Took office | Left office | Party | Term |
Previous office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Václav Havel (1936–2011) |
2 February 1993 | 2 February 2003 | Independent | 1 (1993) | President of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992) |
| 2 (1998) | |||||||
| 2 |  |
Václav Klaus (1941–) |
7 March 2003 | 7 March 2013 | Civic Democratic Party (ODS) |
3 (2003) | Prime Minister (1992–1998) |
| 4 (2008) | |||||||
| 3 |  |
Miloš Zeman (1944–) |
8 March 2013 | Incumbent | Party of Civic Rights (SPO) |
5 (2013) | Prime Minister (1998–2002) |
Living former Presidents
There is one living former Czech President:
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Vaclav Klaus
(2003-2013)
June 19, 1941
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 Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic
- Lists of incumbents
External links
- The Czech constitution. Articles 54-66 are particularly relevant to the presidency.
- The official site of Prague Castle
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