Presidential Elections 1918 - 1989

May 27. 1920
elected Tomas Garrigue Masaryk

May 27. 1927
elected Tomas Garrigue Masaryk

May 24. 1934
elected Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, resigned December 14. 1935

December 18. 1935
elected Edvard Benes, resigned October 5. 1938 and exiled

November 30. 1938
elected Emil Hacha, (after March 16. 1939 State President Protectorate of Czech and Moravia), imprisoned May 13. 1945

October 28. 1945
Edvard Benes confirmed in Presidency

June 19. 1946
elected Edvard Benes, resigned June 7. 1948

June 14. 1948
elected Klement Gottwald, died March 14. 1953

March 21. 1953
elected Antonin Zapotocky, died November 13. 1957

November 19. 1957
elected Antonin Novotny

November 12. 1964
elected Antonin Novotny, resigned March 22. 1968

March 30. 1968
elected Ludvik Svoboda

March 22. 1973
elected Ludvik Svoboda, resigned May 29. 1975

May 29. 1975
elected Gustav Husak

May 22. 1980
elected Gustav Husak

May 23. 1985
elected Gustav Husak, resigned December 10. 1989