Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia | |
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Czech: Předseda vlády Československa Slovak: Predseda vlády Česko-Slovenska | |
Appointer | The President |
Formation | 14 November 1918 |
First holder | Karel Kramář |
Final holder | Jan Stráský |
Abolished | 31 December 1992 |
Superseded by | Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Prime Minister of Slovakia |
The prime minister of Czechoslovakia (Czech: předseda vlády Československa, Slovak: predseda vlády Česko-Slovenska) was the head of government of Czechoslovakia, from the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 until the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic on 1 January 1993.
During periods when the post of the president of Czechoslovakia was vacant, the prime minister took on most presidential duties. However, the Czechoslovak constitutions do not define anything like a post of acting president.