Czech Socialist Republic
| Czech Socialist Republic Czech Republic Česká socialistická republika Česká republika | ||||||
| Federal subject of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1969–1990) and Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (1990–1993) | ||||||
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| Capital | Prague | |||||
| Government | Socialist republic (1968—1989) Parliamentary republic (from 1989) | |||||
| Legislature | Czech National Council | |||||
| History | ||||||
| - | Constitutional Law of Federation | 1 January 1969 | ||||
| - | Velvet Revolution | 17 November – 29 December 1989 | ||||
| - | Independence | 1 January 1993 | ||||
The Czech Socialist Republic (Česká socialistická republika in Czech; abbreviated ČSR) was the official name of that part of Czechoslovakia that is the Czech Republic today. The name was used from 1 January 1969 to March 1990.
History
After the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968, liberalisation reforms were stopped and reverted. The only exception was the federalization of the country. The former centralist state Czechoslovakia was divided in two parts: the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic by the Constitutional Law of Federation of 28 October 1968, which went into effect on 1 January 1969. New national parliaments (the Czech National Council and the Slovak National Council) were created and the traditional parliament of Czechoslovakia was renamed the "Federal Assembly" and was divided in two chambers: the House of the people (cz:Sněmovna lidu / sk:Snemovňa ľudu) and the House of Nations (cz:Sněmovna národů / sk:Snemovňa národov). Very complicated rules of voting were put in effect.
After the fall of socialism in Czechoslovakia, the word "socialist" was dropped from the names of the two republics, i.e. the Czech Socialist Republic was renamed the Czech Republic (though it was still a part of Czechoslovakia).
The complicated system of parliamentary voting (there were de facto 5 different bodies each having right of veto) was kept after the fall of socialism, complicating and delaying political decisions during radical changes in the economy.
Later, in 1993, the Czech Republic became an independent state (see Dissolution of Czechoslovakia).
See also
- Constitutional Law of Federation
- History of Czechoslovakia
- Slovak Socialist Republic
- Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
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| Timeline of Czechoslovak statehood | ||||||||||
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| Pre-1918 | 1918–1938 | 1938–1945 | 1945–1948 | 1948–1989 | 1989–1992 | 1993– | ||||
| Bohemia Moravia Silesia |
Austrian Empire | First Republica | Sudetenlandb | Third Republic | Czechoslovak Republice 1948–1960 |
Czechoslovak Socialist Republicf 1960–1990 |
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic 1990–1992 |
Czech Republic | ||
| Second Republicc 1938–1939 |
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1939–1945 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | Kingdom of Hungary | Slovak Republic 1939–1945 |
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) | |||||||
| Southern Slovakia and Carpatho-Ukrained | ||||||||||
| Carpathian Ruthenia | Zakarpattia Oblastg 1944 / 1946 – 1991 |
Zakarpattia Oblasth 1991–present | ||||||||
| Austria-Hungary | Czechoslovak government-in-exile | |||||||||
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a ČSR; boundaries and government established by the 1920 constitution. |
e ČSR; declared a "people's democracy" (without formal name change) under the Ninth-of-May Constitution following the 1948 coup. | |||||||||