Ministry of the Interior (Czechoslovakia)

Ministry of the Interior

Czech: Ministerstvo vnitra Slovak: Ministerstvo vnútra
Ministry overview
Formed	14 November 1918; 106 years ago (1918-11-14)
Dissolved	31 December 1992; 31 years ago (1992-12-31)
Jurisdiction	Czechoslovakia
Headquarters	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Ministers responsible	Antonín Švehla, first Minister of the Interior Petr Čermák, last Minister of the Interior

The Ministry of the Interior of Czechoslovakia refers to the internal affairs ministry which was responsible for interior of Czechoslovakia during its existence, from 1918 to 1992.

List of ministers

First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Švehla, AntonínAntonín Švehla (1873–1933)	14 November 1918	15 September 1920	1 year, 306 days	RSZML
2		Černý, JanJan Černý (1874–1959)	15 September 1920	7 October 1922	2 years, 22 days	Independent
3		Malypetr, JanJan Malypetr (1873–1947)	7 October 1922	9 December 1925	3 years, 63 days	RSZML
4		Nosek, FrantišekFrantišek Nosek (1886–1935)	9 December 1925	18 March 1926	99 days	Lidovci
(2)		Černý, JanJan Černý (1874–1959)	18 March 1926	7 December 1929	3 years, 264 days	Independent
5		Slávik, JurajJuraj Slávik (1890–1969)	7 December 1929	29 October 1932	2 years, 327 days	RSZML
(2)		Černý, JanJan Černý (1874–1959)	29 October 1932	14 February 1934	1 year, 108 days	Independent
6		Černý, JosefJosef Černý (1885–1971)	14 February 1934	22 September 1938	4 years, 220 days	RSZML

Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Černý, JanJan Černý (1874–1959)	22 September 1938	1 December 1938	70 days	Independent
2		Fischer, OtakarOtakar Fischer (1884–1968)	1 December 1938	15 March 1939	104 days	SNJ

Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Slávik, JurajJuraj Slávik (1890–1969)	21 July 1940	5 April 1945	4 years, 258 days	RSZML

Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Nosek, VáclavVáclav Nosek (1892–1955)	5 April 1945	25 February 1948	2 years, 326 days	KSČ

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1989)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Nosek, VáclavVáclav Nosek (1892–1955)	25 February 1948	14 September 1953	5 years, 201 days	KSČ
2		Barák, RudolfRudolf Barák (1915–1995)	14 September 1953	23 June 1961	7 years, 282 days	KSČ
3		Štrougal, LubomírLubomír Štrougal (1924–2023)	23 June 1961	23 April 1965	3 years, 304 days	KSČ
4		Kudrna, JosefJosef Kudrna (1920–1989)	23 April 1965	15 March 1968	2 years, 327 days	KSČ
5		Pavel, JosefJosef Pavel (1908–1973)	15 March 1968	31 August 1968	169 days	KSČ
6		Pelnář, JanJan Pelnář (1911–1982)	31 August 1968	28 January 1970	1 year, 150 days	KSČ
7		Kaska, RadkoRadko Kaska (1928–1973)	28 January 1970	28 February 1973 †	3 years, 31 days	KSČ
8		Obzina, JaromírJaromír Obzina (1929–2003)	30 March 1973	20 June 1983	10 years, 82 days	KSČ
9		Vajnar, VratislavVratislav Vajnar (born 1930)	20 June 1983	11 October 1988	5 years, 113 days	KSČ
10		Kincl, FrantišekFrantišek Kincl (born 1941)	12 October 1988	3 December 1989	1 year, 52 days	KSČ
11		Pinc, FrantišekFrantišek Pinc (born 1944)	3 December 1989	10 December 1989	7 days	KSČ

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Sacher, RichardRichard Sacher (1942–2014)	30 December 1989	27 June 1990	179 days	Lidovci
2		Langoš, JánJán Langoš (1946–2006)	27 June 1990	2 July 1992	2 years, 5 days	DS
3		Čermák, PetrPetr Čermák (born 1953)	2 July 1992	31 December 1992	182 days	ODS

See also

• Ministry of the Interior (Czech Republic)
• Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia)

External links

• Czechoslovak ministries, etc – Rulers.org