List of Czechs - Politicians

Politicians

See Czechoslovak and Czech politicians
  • Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
  • Jan Švejnar, US-based, Czech-born economist
  • Ivana Bacik, Irish law professor and politician of Czech descent
  • Klement Gottwald, first communist president
  • Emil Hácha, president during the German occupation
  • Václav Havel, first president after the fall of communism, first president of the independent Czech Republic
  • Václav Klaus, former prime minister and current president of the Czech Republic
  • Otto Jelinek, former Canadian Federal Cabinet Minister.
  • Jan Masaryk, foreign minister
  • Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1956–1961)
  • Tomáš G. Masaryk, first president of Czechoslovakia
  • Mikuláš of Hus, politician, Hussite
  • Emanuel Moravec, collaborator with Nazis
  • Antonín Novotný, communist president
  • Přemysl Otakar II, King of Bohemia and most powerful man in middle Europe in his era.
  • Rudolf II, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
  • Ludvík Svoboda, communist president
  • Mirek Topolánek, former Prime Minister
  • Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslas, Václav), known as "Good King Wenceslas" in a Christmas carol
  • Prokop Herda, Mayor (1622/1641/1643-1738)

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