Czechoslovak Republic (1948–1960) Československá republika Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1990) Československá socialistická republika
Status | Member of the Warsaw Pact (1955–1989)
Capital | Prague
Common languages | Czech Slovak
Government | Unitary people's republic (1948–60) Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic (1960–69) Federal Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic (1969–89)
President |
• 1948–1953 | Klement Gottwald (first)
• 1989–1990 | Václav Havel (last)
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
• 1948–1953 | Klement Gottwald (first)
• 1989 | Karel Urbánek (last)
Prime Minister |
• 1948–1953 | Antonín Zápotocký (first)
• 1988–1989 | Ladislav Adamec (last)
Historical era | Cold War
• Coup d'etat | 25 February 1948
• Ninth-of-May Constitution | 9 May 1948
• CSR established | 11 July 1960
• CSFR established | 23 April 1990