List of prime ministers of the Czech Republic

File:Petr Fiala 2019.jpg is the current Czech Prime Minister since 17 December 2021.]]

This is a list of prime ministers 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 13th Prime Minister is Petr Fiala, leader of the ODS, who was appointed by the President on November 28, 2021.

[[Czech and Slovak Federative Republic]] (1990–1992)

6 March 1990 – 31 December 1992: called "Czech Republic" within Czechoslovakia.

Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic {{small|(Federal part)}}

; Parties

{{legend2|{{party color|Civic Forum}}|OF|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Civic Movement}}|OH (Social-liberal)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|ODS}}|ODS (Liberal-conservative)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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rowspan=2 \| {{Abbr\|No.\|Number}} !width=80 rowspan=2 \| Portrait !rowspan=2 \| Name {{small\|(Birth–Death)}} !colspan=3 \| Term of office !rowspan=2 \| Political party !rowspan=2 colspan=2\|Cabinet !rowspan=2 \| Election
Took office !Left office !Days
style="background:#EEEEEE" \|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Civic Forum}}; color:white;" \| 6 \|rowspan=3 \| 80px \|rowspan=3 \| Petr Pithart {{small\|(born 1941)}} \|6 February 1990 \|29 June 1990 \|rowspan=3 \| {{age in days\|6 Feb 1990\|2 Jul 1992}} \|rowspan=2 \| Civic Forum (OF) \|I \|KSČ – ČSL – OF – ČSS \|1986
style="background:#EEEEEE" \|rowspan=2 \| 29 June 1990 \|rowspan=2 \| 2 July 1992 \|rowspan=2 \| II \|rowspan=2 \| OF – HSD-SMS – KDU {{small\|OF later replaced by OH and ODS}} \|rowspan=2 \| 1990
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|Civic Movement}}; color:white;" \| 6 \| Civic Movement (OH)
style="background:#EEEEEE" \|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|ODS}}; color:white;" \| 7 \|rowspan=2 \| 80px \|rowspan=2 \| Václav Klaus {{small\|(born 1941)}} \|2 July 1992 \|31 December 1992 \|rowspan=2 \| {{age in days\|2 Jul 1992\|31 Dec 1992}} \|rowspan=2 \| Civic Democratic Party (ODS) \|I \|ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS \| 1992

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rowspan=2 | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

!width=80 rowspan=2 | Portrait

!rowspan=2 | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!colspan=3 | Term of office

!rowspan=2 | Political party

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Cabinet

!rowspan=2 | Election

Took office

!Left office

!Days

style="background:#EEEEEE"

|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Civic Forum}}; color:white;" | 6

|rowspan=3 | 80px

|rowspan=3 | Petr Pithart
{{small|(born 1941)}}

|6 February 1990

|29 June 1990

|rowspan=3 | {{age in days|6 Feb 1990|2 Jul 1992}}

|rowspan=2 | Civic Forum
(OF)

|KSČ – ČSL – OF – ČSS

|1986

style="background:#EEEEEE"

|rowspan=2 | 29 June 1990

|rowspan=2 | 2 July 1992

|rowspan=2 | II

|rowspan=2 | OF – HSD-SMS – KDU
{{small|OF later replaced by OH and ODS}}

|rowspan=2 | 1990

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|Civic Movement}}; color:white;" | 6

| Civic Movement
(OH)

style="background:#EEEEEE"

|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white;" | 7

|rowspan=2 | 80px

|rowspan=2 | Václav Klaus
{{small|(born 1941)}}

|2 July 1992

|31 December 1992

|rowspan=2 | {{age in days|2 Jul 1992|31 Dec 1992}}

|rowspan=2 | Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)

|ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS

| 1992

[[Czech Republic]] (1993–present)

From 1 January 1993 after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic

; Parties

{{legend2|{{party color|ODS}}|ODS (Liberal-conservative)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|ČSSD}}|ČSSD (Social democratic)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|ANO 2011}}|ANO (Populist)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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rowspan=2 \| {{Abbr\|No.\|Number}} !width=80 rowspan=2 \| Portrait !rowspan=2 \| Name {{small\|(Birth–Death)}} !colspan=4 \| Term of office !rowspan=2 \| Political party !rowspan=2 colspan=2\|Cabinet !rowspan=2 \| Election
Designated !Took office !Left office !Days
style="background:#EEEEEE" \|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|ODS}}; color:white;" \| 1 \|rowspan=2 \| 80px \|rowspan=2 \| Václav Klaus {{small\|(born 1941)}} \|1 January 1993 \|1 January 1993 \|4 July 1996 \|rowspan=2 \| {{age in days\|1 Jan 1993\|2 Jan 1998}} \|rowspan=2 \| Civic Democratic Party (ODS) \|I \|ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS \| 1992
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| 4 July 1996 \|4 July 1996 \|2 January 1998 \|II \|ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA \|rowspan=2 \| 1996
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| 2 \| 80px \| Josef Tošovský {{small\|(born 1950)}} \| 17 December 1997 \| 2 January 1998 \|22 July 1998 \| {{age in days\|17 Dec 1997\|22 Jul 1998}} \|Independent \|• \|ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA {{small\|ODS later replaced by US}}
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|ČSSD}}; color:white;" \| 3 \| 80px \| Miloš Zeman {{small\|(born 1944)}} \| 17 July 1998 \| 22 July 1998 \|15 July 2002 \| {{age in days\|17 Jul 1998\|15 Jul 2002}} \|Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) \|• \|ČSSD \|1998
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|ČSSD}}; color:white;" \| 4 \| 80px \| Vladimír Špidla {{small\|(born 1951)}} \| 12 July 2002 \| 15 July 2002 \|4 August 2004 \| {{age in days\|12 Jul 2002\|4 Aug 2004}} \|Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) \|• \|rowspan=3 \| ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU \|rowspan=3 \| 2002
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|ČSSD}}; color:white;" \| 5 \| 80px \| Stanislav Gross {{small\|(1969–2015)}} \| 26 July 2004 \| 4 August 2004 \| 25 April 2005 \| {{age in days\|26 Jul 2004\|25 Apr 2005}} \|Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) \|•
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|ČSSD}}; color:white;" \| 6 \| 80px \| Jiří Paroubek {{small\|(born 1952)}} \| 25 April 2005 \| 25 April 2005 \|4 September 2006 \| {{age in days\|25 Apr 2005\|4 Sep 2006}} \|Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) \|•
style="background:#EEEEEE" \|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|ODS}}; color:white;" \| 7 \|rowspan=2 \| 80px \|rowspan=2 \| Mirek Topolánek {{small\|(born 1956)}} \| 16 August 2006 \| 4 September 2006 \| 9 January 2007 \|rowspan=2 \| {{age in days\|16 Aug 2006\|8 May 2009}} \|rowspan=2 \| Civic Democratic Party (ODS) \|I \|ODS \|rowspan=3 \| 2006
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| 8 November 2006 \| 9 January 2007 \|8 May 2009 \|II \|ODS – KDU-ČSL – SZ
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}}" \| 8 \| 80px \| Jan Fischer {{small\|(born 1951)}} \| 9 April 2009 \| 8 May 2009 \|13 July 2010 \| {{age in days\|9 April 2009\|13 Jul 2010}} \|Independent \|• \|No party
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|ODS}}; color:white;" \| 9 \| 80px \| Petr Nečas {{small\|(born 1964)}} \| 28 June 2010 \| 13 July 2010 \|10 July 2013 \| {{age in days\|28 Jun 2010\|10 Jul 2013}} \|Civic Democratic Party (ODS) \|• \|ODS – TOP 09 – VV {{small\|VV later replaced by LIDEM}} \|rowspan=2 \| 2010
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| 10 \| 80px \| Jiří Rusnok {{small\|(born 1960)}} \| 25 June 2013 \| 10 July 2013 \| 29 January 2014 \| {{age in days\|25 Jun 2013\|29 Jan 2014}} \|Independent \|• \|ČSSD{{Cite web\|title=MGR. Marie Benešová\|url=https://vlada.gov.cz/cz/clenove-vlady/mgr--marie-benesova-108692/\|website=Government of the Czech Republic\|access-date=5 June 2024\|language=cs}} – KDU-ČSL {{small\|ČSSD exited cabinet{{Cite web\|first=Jiří\|last=Ovčáček\|title=Benešová musela vystoupit z ČSSD, aby za ni mohla kandidovat\|url=http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/311434-benesova-musela-vystoupit-z-cssd-aby-za-ni-mohla-kandidovat.html\|website=Novinky.cz\|publisher=Borgis\|date=23 August 2013\|language=cs}}}}
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|ČSSD}}; color:white;" \| 11 \| 80px \| Bohuslav Sobotka {{small\|(born 1971)}} \| 17 January 2014 \| 29 January 2014 \| 13 December 2017 \| {{age in days\|17 Jan 2014\|13 Dec 2017}} \|Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) \|• \|ČSSD – ANO 2011 – KDU-ČSL \|2013
style="background:#EEEEEE" \|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|ANO 2011}}; color:white;" \| 12 \|rowspan=2 \| 80px \|rowspan=2 \| Andrej Babiš {{small\|(born 1954)}} \| 6 December 2017 \| 13 December 2017 \| 27 June 2018 \|rowspan=2 \| {{age in days\|6 Dec 2017\|17 Dec 2021}} \|rowspan=2 \|ANO 2011 \|I \|ANO 2011 \|rowspan=2 \| 2017
style="background:#EEEEEE" \|6 June 2018 \| 27 June 2018 \| 17 December 2021 \|II \|ANO 2011 – ČSSD
style="background:#EEEEEE" \| style="background:{{party color\|ODS}}; color:white;" \| 13 \| 80px \| Petr Fiala {{small\|(born 1964)}} \| 28 November 2021 \| 17 December 2021 \| Incumbent \| {{age in days\|28 Nov 2021

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rowspan=2 | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

!width=80 rowspan=2 | Portrait

!rowspan=2 | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!colspan=4 | Term of office

!rowspan=2 | Political party

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Cabinet

!rowspan=2 | Election

Designated

!Took office

!Left office

!Days

style="background:#EEEEEE"

|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white;" | 1

|rowspan=2 | 80px

|rowspan=2 | Václav Klaus
{{small|(born 1941)}}

|1 January 1993

|4 July 1996

|rowspan=2 | {{age in days|1 Jan 1993|2 Jan 1998}}

|rowspan=2 | Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)

|ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA – KDS

| 1992

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| 4 July 1996

|4 July 1996

|2 January 1998

|II

|ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA

|rowspan=2 | 1996

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" | 2

| 80px

| Josef Tošovský
{{small|(born 1950)}}

| 17 December 1997

| 2 January 1998

|22 July 1998

| {{age in days|17 Dec 1997|22 Jul 1998}}

|Independent

|•

|ODS – KDU-ČSL – ODA
{{small|ODS later replaced by US}}

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|ČSSD}}; color:white;" | 3

| 80px

| Miloš Zeman
{{small|(born 1944)}}

| 17 July 1998

| 22 July 1998

|15 July 2002

| {{age in days|17 Jul 1998|15 Jul 2002}}

|Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)

|•

|ČSSD

|1998

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|ČSSD}}; color:white;" | 4

| 80px

| Vladimír Špidla
{{small|(born 1951)}}

| 12 July 2002

| 15 July 2002

|4 August 2004

| {{age in days|12 Jul 2002|4 Aug 2004}}

|Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)

|•

|rowspan=3 | ČSSD – KDU-ČSL – US–DEU

|rowspan=3 | 2002

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|ČSSD}}; color:white;" | 5

| 80px

| Stanislav Gross
{{small|(1969–2015)}}

| 26 July 2004

| 4 August 2004

| 25 April 2005

| {{age in days|26 Jul 2004|25 Apr 2005}}

|Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)

|•

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|ČSSD}}; color:white;" | 6

| 80px

| Jiří Paroubek
{{small|(born 1952)}}

| 25 April 2005

|4 September 2006

| {{age in days|25 Apr 2005|4 Sep 2006}}

|Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)

|•

style="background:#EEEEEE"

|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white;" | 7

|rowspan=2 | 80px

|rowspan=2 | Mirek Topolánek
{{small|(born 1956)}}

| 16 August 2006

| 4 September 2006

| 9 January 2007

|rowspan=2 | {{age in days|16 Aug 2006|8 May 2009}}

|rowspan=2 | Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)

|ODS

|rowspan=3 | 2006

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| 8 November 2006

| 9 January 2007

|8 May 2009

|II

|ODS – KDU-ČSL – SZ

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | 8

| 80px

| Jan Fischer
{{small|(born 1951)}}

| 9 April 2009

| 8 May 2009

|13 July 2010

| {{age in days|9 April 2009|13 Jul 2010}}

|Independent

|•

|No party

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white;" | 9

| 80px

| Petr Nečas
{{small|(born 1964)}}

| 28 June 2010

| 13 July 2010

|10 July 2013

| {{age in days|28 Jun 2010|10 Jul 2013}}

|Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)

|•

|ODS – TOP 09 – VV
{{small|VV later replaced by LIDEM}}

|rowspan=2 | 2010

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" | 10

| 80px

| Jiří Rusnok
{{small|(born 1960)}}

| 25 June 2013

| 10 July 2013

| 29 January 2014

| {{age in days|25 Jun 2013|29 Jan 2014}}

|Independent

|•

|ČSSD{{Cite web|title=MGR. Marie Benešová|url=https://vlada.gov.cz/cz/clenove-vlady/mgr--marie-benesova-108692/|website=Government of the Czech Republic|access-date=5 June 2024|language=cs}} – KDU-ČSL
{{small|ČSSD exited cabinet{{Cite web|first=Jiří|last=Ovčáček|title=Benešová musela vystoupit z ČSSD, aby za ni mohla kandidovat|url=http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/311434-benesova-musela-vystoupit-z-cssd-aby-za-ni-mohla-kandidovat.html|website=Novinky.cz|publisher=Borgis|date=23 August 2013|language=cs}}}}

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|ČSSD}}; color:white;" | 11

| 80px

| Bohuslav Sobotka
{{small|(born 1971)}}

| 17 January 2014

| 29 January 2014

| 13 December 2017

| {{age in days|17 Jan 2014|13 Dec 2017}}

|Czech Social Democratic Party
(ČSSD)

|•

|ČSSD – ANO 2011 – KDU-ČSL

|2013

style="background:#EEEEEE"

|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|ANO 2011}}; color:white;" | 12

|rowspan=2 | 80px

|rowspan=2 | Andrej Babiš
{{small|(born 1954)}}

| 6 December 2017

| 13 December 2017

| 27 June 2018

|rowspan=2 | {{age in days|6 Dec 2017|17 Dec 2021}}

|rowspan=2 |ANO 2011

|ANO 2011

|rowspan=2 | 2017

style="background:#EEEEEE"

|6 June 2018

| 27 June 2018

| 17 December 2021

|II

|ANO 2011 – ČSSD

style="background:#EEEEEE"

| style="background:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white;" | 13

| 80px

| Petr Fiala
{{small|(born 1964)}}

| 28 November 2021

| 17 December 2021

| Incumbent

| {{age in days|28 Nov 2021

}

|Civic Democratic Party
(ODS)

|•

|SPOLU (ODS – KDU-ČSL – TOP 09) – PirStan (STAN – Piráti)

|2021

Timeline

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bar:Zeman

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bar:Gross

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bar:Topolánek

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bar:Nečas

bar:Rusnok

bar:Sobotka

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bar:Fiala

PlotData=

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barset:PM

bar:Klaus

from: 02/06/1992 till: 02/01/1998 color:ods text:"Václav Klaus"

bar:Tošovský

from: 02/01/1998 till: 22/06/1998 color:ind text:"Josef Tošovský"

bar:Zeman

from: 17/06/1998 till: 15/07/2002 color:cssd text:"Miloš Zeman"

bar:Špidla

from: 12/06/2002 till: 04/08/2004 color:cssd text:"Vladimir Špidla"

bar:Gross

from: 26/06/2004 till: 25/04/2005 color:cssd text:"Stanislav Gross"

bar:Paroubek

from: 25/04/2005 till: 04/09/2006 color:cssd text:"Jiří Paroubek"

bar:Topolánek

from: 16/08/2006 till: 08/05/2009 color:ods text:"Mirek Topolánek"

bar:Fischer

from: 09/04/2009 till: 13/07/2010 color:ind text:"Jan Fischer"

bar:Nečas

from: 28/06/2010 till: 10/07/2013 color:ods text:"Petr Nečas"

bar:Rusnok

from: 25/06/2013 till: 29/01/2014 color:ind text:"Jiří Rusnok"

bar:Sobotka

from: 17/01/2014 till: 13/12/2017 color:cssd text:"Bohuslav Sobotka"

bar:Babiš

from: 06/12/2017 till: 28/11/2021 color:ano text:"Andrej Babiš"

bar:Fiala

from: 28/11/2021 till: end color:ods text:"Petr Fiala"

= See also =

= External links =

[http://www.vlada.cz/en/vlada/premier/default.htm Prime Minister - Government of the Czech Republic]

= References =

Czech Republic

Category:Government of the Czech Republic

Prime Ministers