List of Presidents of the Czech Republic

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The President of the Czech Republic is the head of state of the Czech Republic. Only two persons have held this office since the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia, both for the constitutionally allowed maximum number of terms – two. The president is elected by the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic and the Senate of the Czech Republic, for a term lasting five years.

Presidents of the Czech Republic

Nº	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Term
1		Václav Havel	2 February 1993	2 February 2003	Non-partisan	1
						2
2		Václav Klaus	7 March 2003	Incumbent	Non-partisan Civic Democratic Party (until 2009)	3
						4

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