List of rulers of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
This is a list of rulers of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which from 15 March 1939 until 5 May 1945 comprised the German-occupied parts of Czechoslovakia. It includes both the representatives of the recognized Czech authorities as well as the German Reichsprotektoren ("Reich protectors") and the Staatsminister ("State Minister"), who held the real executive power.
Government of the Protectorate[]
Note, the President Emil Hácha and Prime Minister Rudolf Beran held the office prior the German occupation, during the Second Czechoslovak Republic, and were officially confirmed in those positions (of course with very limited sovereignty and power) by German authorities within few days after the occupation.
State President of Bohemia and Moravia[]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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Emil Hácha (1872–1945) (aged 72) |
16 March 1939 | 9 May 1945 [a] |
6 years, 54 days | National Partnership |
Prime Ministers of Bohemia and Moravia[]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Rudolf Beran (1887–1954) (aged 66) Acting |
16 March 1939 | 27 April 1939 | 42 days | Party of National Unity | ||
National Partnership | ||||||
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Alois Eliáš (1890–1942) (aged 51) |
27 April 1939 | 19 January 1942 [b] |
2 years, 267 days | National Partnership | |
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Jaroslav Krejčí (1892–1956) (aged 63) |
28 September 1941 | 19 January 1942 | 113 days | National Partnership | |
19 January 1942 | 19 January 1945 | 3 years | ||||
Richard Bienert (1881–1949) (aged 67) |
19 January 1945 | 5 May 1945 [c] |
106 days | National Partnership |
German representatives[]
Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht in Bohemia and Moravia[]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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Johannes Blaskowitz (1883–1948) (aged 64) |
15 March 1939 | 18 March 1939 | 3 days | Nonpartisan[d] |
Reich Protectors of Bohemia and Moravia[]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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Konstantin von Neurath (1873–1956) (aged 83) |
21 March 1939 | 24 August 1943 | 4 years, 156 days | NSDAP | |
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Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942) (aged 38) Acting |
29 September 1941 | 4 June 1942† [e] |
248 days | NSDAP | |
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Kurt Daluege (1897–1946) (aged 49) Acting |
5 June 1942 | 24 August 1943 | 1 year, 80 days | NSDAP | |
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Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946) (aged 69) |
24 August 1943 | 8 May 1945 [f] |
1 year, 257 days | NSDAP |
State Minister for Bohemia and Moravia[]
At the eve of Wilhelm Frick's tenure, on 20 August 1943, the State Ministry for Bohemia and Moravia was created within the Hitler cabinet, which assumed many powers of the Prime Minister and of the Reich Protector. Karl Hermann Frank, Higher SS and Police Leader (Höherer SS-und Polizeiführer, HSSPF, HSS-PF, HSSuPF) in Bohemia and Moravia and the former Secretary of State in the Office of Reich Protector since 1939, was the only State Minister (with the title Staatsminister im Range eines Reichsministers) for Bohemia and Moravia, reducing the formerly important position of Reich Protector to a ceremonial role.[1]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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Karl Hermann Frank (1898–1946) (aged 48) |
20 August 1943 | 8 May 1945 [f] |
1 year, 261 days | NSDAP |
Governmental Standards[]
Service flag of the Reich Protector
(1939–1944)Service flag of the Reich Protector
(1944–1945)Service flag of the State Minister for Bohemia and Moravia
(1944–1945)Service flag of the Representative of the Wehrmacht in Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945)
Standard of the State President
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Since May 1944, officially represented by prime ministers.
- ^ Arrested on 27 September 1941 because of his participation in the anti-Nazi resistance.
- ^ Arrested by the Czech resistance at the start of the Prague uprising.
- ^ General of the Infantry of the Wehrmacht.
- ^ Incapacitated since 27 May 1942.
- ^ a b Fled at the end of the Prague uprising.
References[]
- Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Prime Ministers of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Bohemian people by period
- Czech Republic history-related lists
- Lists of European rulers
- 1930s in Czechoslovakia
- 1940s in Czechoslovakia