List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia

Presidents of Czechoslovakia

• Tomáš Masaryk: 14 November 1918 - 14 December 1935
• Milan Hodža (acting): 14 - 18 December 1935
• Edvard Beneš: 18 December 1935 - 5 October 1938
• Jan Syrový (acting): 5 October - 30 November 1938
• Emil Hácha: 30 November 1938 - 15 March 1939
• Edvard Beneš: 4 April 1945 - 7 June 1948
• *in exile, 21 July 1940 - 2 April 1945
• Klement Gottwald: 14 June 1948 - 14 March 1953
• Antonín Zápotocký: 21 March 1953 - 13 November 1957
• Viliam Široký (acting): 13 - 19 November 1957
• Antonín Novotný: 19 November 1957 - 22 March 1968
• Josef Lenárt (acting): 22 - 30 March 1968
• Ludvík Svoboda: 30 March 1968 - 28 May 1975
• Gustáv Husák: 29 May 1975 - 10 December 1989
• Marián Čalfa (acting): 10 - 29 December 1989
• Václav Havel: 29 December 1989 - 20 July 1992
• Jan Stráský (acting): 20 July - 31 December 1992

  Leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 1945-1989

  
  (These - except for the last one - had the real executive power.)

• Klement Gottwald: April 1945 - 14 March 1953
• Antonín Novotný: 14 March 1953 - 5 January 1968
• Alexander Dubček: 5 January 1968 - 17 April 1969
• Gustáv Husák: 17 April 1969 - 17 December 1987
• Miloš Jakeš: 17 December 1987 - 24 November 1989
• Karel Urbánek: 24 November - 20 December 1989