List of Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic

This is list of Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic. For individual information about Prime Minister see, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

Bohuslav Sobotka (pictured in 2015) assumed office on 17 January 2014, following the 2013 legislative election.

This is a list of Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic (Czech: Předseda vlády České republiky, literally translated as Chairman of the Government of the Czech Republic), a political office that was created in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

The Czech Republic is a parliamentary representative democracy, with the Prime Minister acting as head of government and the President acting as head of state.

The first Prime Minister of the Czech Republic was Václav Klaus, who served as the second President from 7 March 2003 until 7 March 2013. The current and 11th Prime Minister is Bohuslav Sobotka, leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party, who was appointed by the President on 17 January 2014.

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)

(6 March 1990 - 31 December 1992 called "Czech Republic" within Czechoslovakia)

Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic

Parties

  OF

No.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party	Cabinet		National Council
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
6		Petr Pithart (1941–)	6 February 1990	29 June 1990	877	Civic Forum (OF) OF later replaced by OH	I	KSČ – ČSL – OF	5 ( ···· )
			29 June 1990	2 July 1992			II	OF – HSD-SMS – ČSL OF later replaced by OH and ODS	6 (1990)

Czech Republic (1993–present)

From 1 January 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Political Party:   ODS   Independent   ČSSD

No.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party	Cabinet		Chamber of Deputies
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
1		Václav Klaus (1941–)	2 July 1992	4 July 1996	2,010	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS	1 (1992)
			4 July 1996	2 January 1998			II	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA	2 (1996)
2		Josef Tošovský (1950–)	2 January 1998	22 July 1998	201	Independent	I	ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA ODS later replaced by US	2 ( ···· )
3		Miloš Zeman (1944–)	22 July 1998	15 July 2002	1,454	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I	ČSSD	3 (1998)
4		Vladimír Špidla (1951–)	15 July 2002	4 August 2004	751	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU	4 (2002)
5		Stanislav Gross (1969–2015)	4 August 2004	25 April 2005	264	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU	4 ( ···· )
6		Jiří Paroubek (1952–)	25 April 2005	4 September 2006	497	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I	ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU	4 ( ···· )
7		Mirek Topolánek (1956–)	4 September 2006	9 January 2007	977	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	ODS	5 (2006)
			9 January 2007	8 May 2009			II	ODS – KDU-ČSL – SZ	5 ( ···· )
8		Jan Fischer (1951–)	8 May 2009	13 July 2010	431	Independent	I	No party	5 ( ···· )
9		Petr Nečas (1964–)	13 July 2010	10 July 2013	1,093	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	I	ODS – TOP 09 – VV VV later replaced by LIDEM	6 (2010)
10		Jiří Rusnok (1960–)	10 July 2013	29 January 2014	203	Independent	I	ČSSD[1] – KDU–ČSL ČSSD exited cabinet[2]	6 ( ···· )
11		Bohuslav Sobotka (1971–)	29 January 2014	Incumbent	1,048	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	I	ČSSD – ANO 2011 – KDU–ČSL	7 (2013)

Statistics

#	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Age at inauguration (first term)	Time in office (total)	Age at retirement (last term)	Date of death	Longevity
1	Václav Klaus	19 June 1941	51 years,  13 days	5 years, 364 days	56 years, 197 days	Living	(Living)
2	Josef Tošovský	28 September 1950	47 years,  96 days	201 days	47 years, 297 days	Living	(Living)
3	Miloš Zeman	28 September 1944	53 years, 297 days	3 years, 358 days	57 years, 290 days	Living	(Living)
4	Vladimír Špidla	22 April 1951	51 years,  84 days	2 years,  20 days	53 years, 104 days	Living	(Living)
5	Stanislav Gross	30 October 1969	34 years, 279 days	264 days	35 years, 177 days	16 April 2015	45 years
6	Jiří Paroubek	21 August 1952	52 years, 247 days	1 year,  132 days	54 years,  14 days	Living	(Living)
7	Mirek Topolánek	15 May 1956	50 years, 112 days	2 years, 246 days	52 years, 358 days	Living	(Living)
8	Jan Fischer	2 January 1951	58 years, 126 days	1 year,   66 days	59 years, 192 days	Living	(Living)
9	Petr Nečas	19 November 1964	45 years, 236 days	2 years, 362 days	48 years, 233 days	Living	(Living)
10	Jiří Rusnok	16 October 1960	52 years, 267 days	203 days	53 years, 105 days	Living	(Living)
11	Bohuslav Sobotka	23 October 1971	42 years,  98 days	2 years, 318 days	Incumbent	Living	(Living)

See also

• List of rulers of Bohemia
• List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia
• List of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia
• List of Prime Ministers of the Czech Socialist Republic
• List of rulers of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia
• List of Presidents of the Czech Republic
• Lists of incumbents

External links

• Prime Minister - Government of the Czech Republic

References