List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia
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This is a list of presidents of Czechoslovakia, both elected and acting. 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).
[edit] Presidents of Czechoslovakia
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk: 14 November 1918 – 14 December 1935
- Edvard Beneš: 18 December 1935 – 5 October 1938
- Emil Hácha: 30 November 1938 – 13 May 1945
- Edvard Beneš: 4 April 1945 – 7 June 1948
- Klement Gottwald: 14 June 1948 – 14 March 1953
- Antonín Zápotocký: 21 March 1953 – 13 November 1957
- Antonín Novotný: 19 November 1957 – 22 March 1968
- Ludvík Svoboda: 30 March 1968 – 28 May 1975
- Gustáv Husák: 29 May 1975 – 10 December 1989
- Václav Havel: 29 December 1989 – 20 July 1992
[edit] 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
- Milouš Jakeš: 17 December 1987 – 24 November 1989
- Karel Urbánek: 24 November – 20 December 1989
