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The Czech Republic is a parliamentary representative democracy, with the president acting as head of state and the prime minister acting as head of government.
The first president of the Czech Republic was Václav Havel. The current president, Petr Pavel, was sworn into office on 9 March 2023 - 2 January 2024 Until 2012, the president was elected by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, for a term lasting five years. Since 2013 the president is elected by popular vote.
| President (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Party | Term | Previous office(s) | ||
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| 1 | 
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Václav Havel (1936–2011) |
2 February 1993 | 2 February 2003 | Independent | 1 (1993) | President of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992) |
| 2 (1998) | |||||||
| 2 | 
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Václav Klaus (born 1941) |
7 March 2003 | 7 March 2013 | Civic Democratic Party (ODS) |
3 (2003) | Prime Minister (1992–1998) President of the Chamber of Deputies (1998–2002)[1] |
| 4 (2008) | |||||||
| 3 | 
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Miloš Zeman (born 1944) |
8 March 2013 | 8 March 2023 | Party of Civic Rights (SPO) |
5 (2013) | President of the Chamber of Deputies (1996–1998)[2] Prime Minister (1998–2002) |
| 6 (2018) | |||||||
| 4 | 
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Petr Pavel (born 1961) |
9 March 2023 | Now | Independent | 7 (2023) | Chief of the General Staff (2012–2015) Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (2015–2018) |
