= Czech Presidents =

A history of '''Czech presidents'''.

In the early [[Czechia/Democratization#First_Czechoslovak_Republic|Czechoslovak Republics]], the president was the effective head of state.

During the [[Czechia/Democratization#Socialist_Czechoslovak_Republic|communist era]], the [[Czechia/CommunistParty#Leaders|general secretary]] was the effective head of state, though the presidency continued to exist as a political office. The notable, possible exception is [[Slovakia/AlexanderDubcek|Dubček's]] term, as he nominated [[Czechia/LudvikSvoboda|Svoboda]] for the presidency instead of consolidating power to himself.

In the modern [[Czechia/Democratization#Czech_and_Slovak_Federative_Republic|Republics]], the [[Czechia/PrimeMinisters|prime ministers]] are the effective head of state, while the presidency is a ceremonial figure.

The president works from [[Czechia/Prague|Prague]] Castle (''Pražský hrad''), leading to the metonym ''Hrad''.

||'''President'''                               ||'''Term''' ||
||[[Czechia/TomasMasaryk|Tomáš Masaryk]]        ||1918 - 1935||
||[[Czechia/EdvardBenes|Edvard Beneš]]          ||1935 - 1938||
||[[Czechia/EmilHacha|Emil Hácha]]              ||1938 - 1939||
||Edvard Beneš                                  ||1939 - 1948||
||[[Czechia/KlementGottwald|Klement Gottwald]]  ||1948 - 1953||
||[[Czechia/AntoninZapotocky|Antonín Zápotocký]]||1953 - 1957||
||[[Czechia/AntoninNovotny|Antonín Novotný]]    ||1957 - 1968||
||[[Czechia/LudvikSvoboda|Ludvík Svoboda]]      ||1968 - 1975||
||[[Czechia/GustavHusak|Gustáv Husák]]          ||1975 - 1989||
||[[Czechia/VaclavHavel|Václav Havel]]          ||1989 - 2003||
||[[Czechia/VaclavKlaus|Václav Klaus]]          ||2003 - 2013||
||[[Czechia/MilosZeman|Miloš Zeman]]            ||2013 - 2023||
||[[Czechia/PetrPavel|Petr Pavel]]              ||2023 -     ||



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