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List of presidents of the Czech Republic

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The Czech Republic is a parliamentary representative democracy in which the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the 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.

Until 2012, presidents were elected by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for a term of five years. Since 2013, presidents have been elected by popular vote.

Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)

Main article: List of presidents of Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic (1993–)

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No.	Portrait	Name	Election	Term of office	Party	Previous office(s)
[[File:Vaclav Havel.jpg	100px]]	Václav Havel
(1936–2011)	1993
1998	2 February 1993	2 February 2003	years	Independent	President of Czechoslovakia
(1989–1992)
[[File:Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg	100px]]	Václav Klaus
(born 1941)	2003
2008	7 March 2003	7 March 2013	years	ODS	Prime Minister
(1992–1998)
President of the Chamber of Deputies
(1998–2002)
[[File:Zeman M 1.JPG	100px]]	Miloš Zeman
(born 1944)	2013
2018	8 March 2013	8 March 2023	years	SPO	President of the Chamber of Deputies
(1996–1998)
Prime Minister
(1998–2002)
[[File:Petr Pavel.jpg	100px]]	Petr Pavel
(born 1961)	2023	9 March 2023	Incumbent		Independent	Chief of the General Staff
(2012–2015)
Chair of the NATO Military Committee
(2015–2018)

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Languages spoken by the presidents of the Czech Republic

All four presidents of the Czech Republic have shown proficiency in languages other than Czech. All presidents so far speak English and Russian. Václav Klaus is the president who is proficient in the most languages.

Václav Havel

Václav Havel spoke some English and used it repeatedly during his tenure as president as he was reading several speeches in English. Havel most notably used his English when he gave a speech to a Joint session of the United States Congress on 21 February 1990, which he started in English but continued in Czech after a few sentences, and the speech was translated by Michael Žantovský, then spokesman of Občanské fórum. Žantovský later jokingly claimed that Havel made his famous speech only to him and it was him, Žantovský, who actually spoke to US Congress. Havel also knew Russian, which he learned at school.

Václav Klaus

Václav Klaus is fluent in English, Russian, German, French and Italian. He published a number of publications in English and German languages. Klaus stated that his proficiency with foreign languages was helped by studies of international trade at the Prague University of Economics and Business, where he was required to learn at least three foreign languages.

Miloš Zeman

Miloš Zeman speaks some English, Russian, and German. He used English and Russian during his tenure while talking to foreign politicians.

Petr Pavel

Petr Pavel is fluent in English, Russian, and French. Pavel reportedly has known English well since his youth, which helped his career in the army as only few people there knew the language. Pavel learned French during an intelligence course in 1988–89.

References

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Šídlo, Jindřich. (22 February 2020). "Co se tehdy dělo, bylo tak absurdní! Václav Havel před 30 lety v Kongresu". [[Seznam Zprávy]].
Horáček, Filip. "Petr Pavel ve srovnání s ostatními prezidenty. Zlatá střední cesta a naprostý průměr". [[Czech News Center]].
(14 March 2003). "Klaus zkouší nového ministra z jazyků". [[Mafra (company).
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Břešťan, Robert. (11 May 2015). "Klaus, Zeman, Putin: muži, kteří si spolu rozumějí. I bez tlumočníka".
Sokol, Petr. "Petr Pavel: Život generála, který může být prezidentem ČR". [[Czech News Center]].
Fridrichovský, Jan. (22 November 2022). "Petr Pavel před Listopadem a po něm".

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