Czechoslovakia Československo Česko‑Slovensko
Capital | Prague (Praha)
Common languages | Czech · Slovak · German · Hungarian · Yiddish · Rusyn
Demonym(s) | Czechoslovak
Government | First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939) Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1990) Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)
President |
• 1918–1935 | Tomáš G. Masaryk
• 1935–1938 · 1945–1948 | Edvard Beneš
• 1938–1939 | Emil Hácha
• 1948–1953 | Klement Gottwald
• 1953–1957 | Antonín Zápotocký
• 1957–1968 | Antonín Novotný
• 1968–1975 | Ludvík Svoboda
• 1976–1989 | Gustáv Husák
• 1989–1992 | Václav Havel
Prime Minister |
• 1918–1919 (first) | Karel Kramář
• 1992 (last) | Jan Stráský
Historical era | 20th century
• Independence | 28 October 1918
• German occupation | 1939
• Liberation | 9 May 1945
• Coup d'etat | 25 February 1948
• Velvet Revolution | November–December 1989
• Dissolution | 31 December 1992