List of presidents of Czechoslovakia
The President of Czechoslovakia (Czech: [Prezident Československa] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Slovak: Prezident Česko-Slovenska) was the head of state of Czechoslovakia, from the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 until the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1992.
| President of Czechoslovakia
Czech: [Prezident Československa] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) Slovak: Prezident Česko-Slovenska | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Prague Castle Bratislava Castle (1969–92) |
| Appointer | Federal Assembly |
| Formation | 14 November 1918 |
| First holder | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
| Final holder | Václav Havel |
| Abolished | 31 December 1992 |
| Succession | |
General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)
Except for the final office-holder, they each held a strong executive power in the country de facto. Title: Chairman (1948–1953) and First Secretary (1953–1971).
| No. | Portrait | Name | Lifespan | Ethnicity | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klement Gottwald | 1896–1953 | Czech | February 1948 | 14 March 1953 | |
| 2 | Antonín Novotný | 1904–1975 | Czech | 14 March 1953 | 5 January 1968 | |
| 3 | Alexander Dubček | 1921–1992 | Slovak | 5 January 1968 | 17 April 1969 | |
| 4 | Gustáv Husák | 1913–1991 | Slovak | 17 April 1969 | 17 December 1987 | |
| 5 | Miloš Jakeš | 1922–2020 | Czech | 17 December 1987 | 24 November 1989 | |
| 6 |
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Karel Urbánek | 1941– | Czech | 24 November 1989 | 20 December 1989 |
Timeline

