Ministry of Defense (Czechoslovakia)

The Ministry of Defense of Czechoslovakia refers to the defense ministry which was responsible for defense of Czechoslovakia during its existence, from 1918 to 1992.

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List of ministers

Ministers of Defense of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)

# Name Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Václav Klofáč 1868–1942 No military rank 14 November 1918 24 May 1920
2 Vlastimil Tusar 1880–1924 No military rank 25 May 1920 15 July 1920
3 Ivan Markovič 1888–1944 No military rank 16 July 1920 14 September 1920
4 Otakar Husák 1885–1964 General 15 September 1920 25 September 1921
5 František Udržal 1866–1938 No military rank 26 September 1921 8 December 1925 1st Term
6 Jiří Stříbrný 1880–1955 No military rank 9 December 1925 17 March 1926
7 Jan Syrový 1888–1970 General of the Army 18 March 1926 11 October 1926 1st Term
8 František Udržal 1866–1938 No military rank 12 October 1926 15 September 1929 2nd Term
9 Karel Viškovský 1868–1932 No military rank 16 September 1929 28 October 1932
10 Bohumír Bradáč 1881–1935 No military rank 29 October 1932 3 June 1935
11 František Machník 1886–1967 No military rank 3 June 1935 21 September 1938

Minister of Defense of the Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)

# Name Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Jan Syrový 1888–1970 General of the Army 22 September 1938 27 April 1939 2nd Term

Ministers of Defense of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945)

# Name Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Sergej Ingr 1894–1956 General of the Army 21 July 1940 19 September 1944
2 Jan Masaryk 1886–1948 No military rank September 1944 3 April 1945

Minister of Defense of the Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)

# Name Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Ludvík Svoboda 1895–1979 General of the Army 4 April 1945 7 June 1948 Continued below

Ministers of Defense during the Communist Era (Czechoslovak Republic and Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1948–1989)

# Name Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Ludvík Svoboda 1895–1979 General of the Army 7 June 1948 24 April 1950 Continued from above
2 Alexej Čepička 1910–1990 General of the Army 25 April 1950 24 April 1956
3 Bohumír Lomský 1914–1982 General of the Army 25 April 1956 23 April 1968
4 Martin Dzúr 1919–1985 General of the Army 24 April 1968 10 January 1985 Died five days after stepped down as Defense Minister
5 Milán Václavík 1928–2007 General of the Army 10 January 1985 3 December 1989

Ministers of Defense of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (1989–1992)

# Name Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Miroslav Vacek 1935– General of the Army 4 December 1989 17 October 1990
2 Luboš Dobrovský 1932– No military rank 18 October 1990 1 July 1992
3 Imrich Andrejčák 1941– General 2 July 1992 31 December 1992

See also

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Ministers of Defence of Czechoslovakia
First Republic
Václav Klofáč · Ivan Markovič · Otakar Husák · František Udržal · Jiří Stříbrný · Jan Syrový · František Udržal · Karel Viškovský · Bohumír Bradáč · František Machník
Second Republic
Transition to Communism
Communist era
Ludvík Svoboda · Alexej Čepička · Bohumír Lomský · Martin Dzúr · Milán Václavík
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
Miroslav Vacek · Luboš Dobrovský · Imrich Andrejčák