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This is a 'list of presidents of Czechoslovakia'. It also lists leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia during the time when that party held a leading role in the state (1948-1989).

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Presidents of Czechoslovakia

Leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 1945 – 1989

See also

Presidents of Czechoslovakia

★ Tomáš Masaryk (his full name was Tomáš Garrigue 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 – 13 May 1945

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★ ''under German protectorate after 15 March 1939''

★ Edvard Beneš: 4 April 1945 – 7 June 1948

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★ ''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

★ Jozef 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 ''de facto'' 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

See also

★ List of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia

★ List of rulers of Bohemia

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★ List of Presidents of the Czech Republic

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★ List of Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic

★ List of rulers of Slovakia

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★ List of Presidents of Slovakia

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★ List of Prime Ministers of Slovakia