List of presidents of the Czech Republic
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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.
Presidents of the Czech Republic
- Parties
| President (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Party | Term | Previous office(s) | ||
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| 1 | 
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Václav Havel (1936–2011) |
2 February 1993 | 2 February 2003 | Independent | 1 (1993) | President of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992) |
| 2 (1998) | |||||||
| 2 | 
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Václav Klaus (born 1941) |
7 March 2003 | 7 March 2013 | Civic Democratic Party (ODS) |
3 (2003) | Prime Minister (1992–1998) President of the Chamber of Deputies (1998–2002)[1] |
| 4 (2008) | |||||||
| 3 | 
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Miloš Zeman (born 1944) |
8 March 2013 | Incumbent (Term ends on 8 March 2023) |
Party of Civic Rights (SPO) |
5 (2013) | President of the Chamber of Deputies (1996–1998)[2] Prime Minister (1998–2002) |
| 6 (2018) | |||||||
See also
- List of rulers of Czechs
- 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
References
- ^ "Prof. Ing. Václav Klaus, CSc". Poslanecká sněmovna Parlament České republiky. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Ing. Miloš Zeman". Poslanecká sněmovna Parlament České republiky. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links
- The Czech constitution. Articles 54-66 are particularly relevant to the presidency.
- The official site of Prague Castle
