Ministry of Defence (Czechoslovakia)
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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.
Contents
- 1 List of ministers
- 1.1 Ministers of Defense of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)
- 1.2 Minister of Defense of the Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)
- 1.3 Ministers of Defense of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945)
- 1.4 Minister of Defense of the Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)
- 1.5 Ministers of Defense during the Communist Era (Czechoslovak Republic and Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1948–1989)
- 1.6 Ministers of Defense of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992)
- 2 See also
- 3 Notes
- 4 External links
List of ministers
Ministers of Defense of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Václav Klofáč | 90px | 1868–1942 | No military rank | 14 November 1918 | 24 May 1920 | |
2 | Vlastimil Tusar | 1880–1924 | No military rank | 25 May 1920 | 15 July 1920 | ||
3 | Ivan Markovič | 90px | 1888–1944 | No military rank | 16 July 1920 | 14 September 1920 | |
4 | Otakar Husák | 90px | 1885–1964 | General | 15 September 1920 | 25 September 1921 | |
5 | František Udržal | 1866–1938 | No military rank | 26 September 1921 | 8 December 1925 | 1st Term | |
6 | Jiří Stříbrný | 90px | 1880–1955 | No military rank | 9 December 1925 | 17 March 1926 | |
7 | Jan Syrový | 1888–1970 | General of the Army | 18 March 1926 | 11 October 1926 | 1st Term | |
8 | František Udržal | 1866–1938 | No military rank | 12 October 1926 | 15 September 1929 | 2nd Term | |
9 | Karel Viškovský | 90px | 1868–1932 | No military rank | 16 September 1929 | 28 October 1932 | |
10 | Bohumír Bradáč | 90px | 1881–1935 | No military rank | 29 October 1932 | 3 June 1935 | |
11 | František Machník | 90px | 1886–1967 | No military rank | 3 June 1935 | 21 September 1938 |
Minister of Defense of the Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Jan Syrový | 1888–1970 | General of the Army | 22 September 1938 | 27 April 1939 | 2nd Term |
Ministers of Defense of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945)
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Sergej Ingr | 90px | 1894–1956 | General of the Army | 21 July 1940 | 19 September 1944 | |
2 | Jan Masaryk | 90px | 1886–1948 | No military rank | September 1944 | 3 April 1945 |
Minister of Defense of the Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Ludvík Svoboda | 90px | 1895–1979 | General of the Army | 4 April 1945 | 7 June 1948 | Continued below |
Ministers of Defense during the Communist Era (Czechoslovak Republic and Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1948–1989)
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Ludvík Svoboda | 90px | 1895–1979 | General of the Army | 7 June 1948 | 24 April 1950 | Continued from above |
2 | Alexej Čepička | 90px | 1910–1990 | General of the Army | 25 April 1950 | 24 April 1956 | |
3 | Bohumír Lomský | 1914–1982 | General of the Army | 25 April 1956 | 23 April 1968 | ||
4 | Martin Dzúr | 90px | 1919–1985 | General of the Army | 24 April 1968 | 11 January 1985 | Died four days after stepped down as Defense Minister |
5 | Milán Václavík | 90px | 1928–2007 | General of the Army | 11 January 1985 | 3 December 1989 |
Ministers of Defense of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992)
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Miroslav Vacek | 1935– | General of the Army | 4 December 1989 | 17 October 1990 | ||
2 | Luboš Dobrovský | 90px | 1932– | No military rank | 18 October 1990 | 1 July 1992 | |
3 | Imrich Andrejčák | 90px | 1941– | General | 2 July 1992 | 31 December 1992 |
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