HomeNationsCzechoslovakiaHeads of State: 1918-1939

Czechoslovakia: Heads of State: 1918-1939

Vláda republiky Československé: Předseda vlády cz | Government of the Czechoslovak Republic: President of the Government (ex officio) [1]
14 Nov 1918 - 21 Dec 1918 Karel Kramář [2]
Prezident republiky Československé cz | President of the Czechoslovak Republic
21 Dec 1918 - 14 Dec 1935 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk [3][4]
Vláda republiky Československé: Předseda vlády cz | Government of the Czechoslovak Republic: President of the Government (ex officio)
14 Dec 1935 - 18 Dec 1935 Milan Hodža
Prezident republiky Československé cz | President of the Czechoslovak Republic
18 Dec 1935 - 5 Oct 1938 Edvard Beneš [5]
Vláda republiky Československé: Předseda vlády cz | Government of the Czechoslovak Republic: President of the Government (ex officio)
5 Oct 1938 - 23 Nov 1938 Jan Bohumír Syrový
Vláda republiky Česko-Slovenské: Předseda vlády cz | Government of the Czecho-Slovak Republic: President of the Government (ex officio)
23 Nov 1938 - 30 Nov 1938 Jan Bohumír Syrový 
Prezident republiky Česko-Slovenské cz = (from 1 Jan 1939) Prezident Česko-Slovenskej republiky sk = (from 1 Jan 1939) Prezident Čes'ko-Slovac'koji Respublyky (Президент Чесько-Словацької Республики) uk | President of the Czecho-Slovak Republic
30 Nov 1938 - 15 Mar 1939 Emil Dominik Josef Hácha [6]
  1. Under the provisional Constitution promulgated on 13 Nov 1918, the Government was entrusted with the functions of the President of the Republic during the incumbent's absence from the country and was authorized to delegate certain powers to the President of the Government.
  2. Baptized (27 Dec 1860): Karel Bor. Kramář (Bor. possibly stands for Boromejský).
  3. Baptized (8 Mar 1850): Thomas Johann Maßarik.
  4. Masaryk was elected President of the Republic in absentia at the session of the National Assembly (Národní shromáždění) on 14 Nov 1918. After his return to Czechoslovakia, he took the oath of office on 21 Dec 1918.
  5. Baptized (29 May 1884): Eduard Beneš.
  6. Also in Czechia.