Ministry of Defence (Czechoslovakia)
The Ministry of National Defense of the Czechoslovak Republic (Czech: Ministerstvo národní obrany Československé republiky, MNO ČSR; later MNO ČSSR[1] and MNO ČSFR[2]) refers to the defence ministry which was responsible for defense of Czechoslovakia during its existence, from 1918 to 1992.
| Czech: Ministerstvo národní obrany Slovak: Ministerstvo národnej obrany | |
| Ministry overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 14 November 1918 |
| Dissolved | 31 December 1992 |
| Jurisdiction | Czechoslovakia |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Ministers responsible |
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| Agency ID | MNO ČSR / MNO ČSSR / MNO ČSFR |
List of ministers
First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Václav Klofáč (1868–1942) | 14 November 1918 | 24 May 1920 | 1 year, 192 days | ČSNS | |
| 2 | Vlastimil Tusar (1880–1924) | 25 May 1920 | 15 July 1920 | 51 days | ČSSD | |
| 3 | Ivan Markovič (1888–1944) | 16 July 1920 | 14 September 1920 | 60 days | ČSSD | |
| 4 | General Otakar Husák (1885–1964) | 15 September 1920 | 25 September 1921 | 1 year, 10 days | Independent | |
| 5 | František Udržal (1866–1938) | 26 September 1921 | 8 December 1925 | 4 years, 73 days | RSZML | |
| 6 | Jiří Stříbrný (1880–1955) | 9 December 1925 | 17 March 1926 | 98 days | ČSNS | |
| 7 | General of the Army Jan Syrový (1888–1970) | 18 March 1926 | 11 October 1926 | 207 days | Independent | |
| (5) | František Udržal (1866–1938) | 12 October 1926 | 15 September 1929 | 2 years, 338 days | RSZML | |
| 8 | Karel Viškovský (1868–1932) | 16 September 1929 | 28 October 1932 | 3 years, 42 days | RSZML | |
| 9 | Bohumír Bradáč (1881–1935) | 29 October 1932 | 3 June 1935 | 2 years, 217 days | RSZML | |
| 10 | František Machník (1886–1967) | 3 June 1935 | 21 September 1938 | 3 years, 101 days | RSZML |
Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General of the Army Jan Syrový (1888–1970) | 22 September 1938 | 27 April 1939 | 217 days | Independent |
Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945)
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General of the Army Sergej Ingr (1894–1956) | 21 July 1940 | 19 September 1944 | 4 years, 60 days | Independent | |
| 2 | Jan Masaryk (1886–1948) | 20 September 1944 | 3 April 1945 | 195 days | Independent |
Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General of the Army Ludvík Svoboda (1895–1979) | 4 April 1945 | 7 June 1948 | 3 years, 64 days | Independent |
Communist Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General of the Army Ludvík Svoboda (1895–1979) | 7 June 1948 | 24 April 1950 | 1 year, 321 days | KSČ | |
| 2 | General of the Army Alexej Čepička (1910–1990) | 25 April 1950 | 24 April 1956 | 5 years, 365 days | KSČ | |
| 3 | General of the Army Bohumír Lomský (1914–1982) | 25 April 1956 | 23 April 1968 | 11 years, 364 days | KSČ | |
| 4 | General of the Army Martin Dzúr (1919–1985) | 24 April 1968 | 11 January 1985 | 16 years, 262 days | KSČ | |
| 5 | General of the Army Milán Václavík (1928–2007) | 11 January 1985 | 3 December 1989 | 4 years, 326 days | KSČ |
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992)
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General of the Army Miroslav Vacek (born 1935) | 4 December 1989 | 17 October 1990 | 317 days | KSČ | |
| 2 | Luboš Dobrovský (1932–2020) | 18 October 1990 | 1 July 1992 | 1 year, 257 days | OF | |
| 3 | General Imrich Andrejčák (1941–2018) | 2 July 1992 | 31 December 1992 | 182 days | HZDS |
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See also
Notes
- Abbreviation Československá socialistická republika ("Czechoslovak Socialist Republic"), state name between 1960–1990
- Abbreviation Česká a Slovenská Federativní Republika ("Czech and Slovak Federative Republic"), state name between 1990–1992
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