List of Presidents of the Czech Republic

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The President of the Czech Republic is the head of state of the Czech Republic. Only two persons have held this office since the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia, both for the constitutionally allowed maximum number of terms – two. The president is elected by the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic and the Senate of the Czech Republic, for a term lasting five years.

Presidents of the Czech Republic

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Term
1	File:Vaclav Havel IMF.jpg	Václav Havel	2 February 1993	2 February 2003	Independent / Non-partisan	1
1	File:Vaclav Havel IMF.jpg	Václav Havel	2 February 1993	2 February 2003	Independent / Non-partisan	2
2	File:Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg	Václav Klaus	7 March 2003	incumbent	Civic Democratic Party Občanská demokratická strana (ODS)	3
2	File:Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg	Václav Klaus	7 March 2003	incumbent	Civic Democratic Party Občanská demokratická strana (ODS)	4

The Prime Minister and Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies served as acting President:

Václav Klaus (1 January 1993 – 2 February 1993) and Milan Uhde (1 January 1993 – 2 February 1993)
Vladimír Špidla (3 February 2003 – 7 March 2003) and Lubomír Zaorálek (3 February 2003 – 7 March 2003)