List of presidents of Czechoslovakia

President of Czechoslovakia Czech: Prezident Československa Slovak: Prezident Česko-Slovenska
File:Flag of the President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1939, 1945-1960).svg Standard of the President (1918–1960)
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	Václav Havel Michal Kováč

The President of Czechoslovakia (Czech: Prezident Československa, 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.

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	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R90009, Budapest, II. Weltfestspiele, Festumzug, tschechische Delegation (cropped KG).jpg	Klement Gottwald	1896–1953	Czech	February 1948	14 March 1953
2	File:Antonín Novotný 1968.jpg	Antonín Novotný	1904–1975	Czech	14 March 1953	5 January 1968
3	File:Dubcek (upscale).jpg	Alexander Dubček	1921–1992	Slovak	5 January 1968	17 April 1969
4	File:Gustáv Husák - oříznuto.JPG	Gustáv Husák	1913–1991	Slovak	17 April 1969	17 December 1987
5	File:M Jakeš Praha 2014.JPG	Miloš Jakeš	1922–2020	Czech	17 December 1987	24 November 1989
6	File:No image.png	Karel Urbánek	1941–	Czech	24 November 1989	20 December 1989

Timeline

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from: 14/11/1918 till: 14/12/1935 color:black text:"Masaryk" fontsize:10
from: 18/12/1935 till: 05/10/1938 color:pink text:"Beneš" fontsize:10
from: 30/11/1938 till: 15/03/1939 color:black text:"Hácha" fontsize:10

from: 04/04/1945 till: 07/06/1948 color:pink text:"Beneš" fontsize:10
from: 14/06/1948 till: 14/03/1953 color:red text:"Gottwald" fontsize:10
from: 21/03/1953 till: 13/11/1957 color:red text:"Zápotocký" fontsize:10
from: 19/11/1957 till: 22/03/1968 color:red text:"Novotný" fontsize:10
from: 30/03/1968 till: 28/05/1975 color:red text:"Svoboda" fontsize:10
from: 29/05/1975 till: 10/12/1989 color:red text:"Husák" fontsize:10
from: 29/12/1989 till: 20/07/1992 color:blue text:"Havel" fontsize:10

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