Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czechoslovakia)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia refers to the foreign affairs ministry which was responsible for representing internationally Czechoslovakia during its existence, from 1918 to 1992.

List of ministers

First Czechoslovak Republic period (1918–1938)

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Edvard Beneš	Czechoslovak National Social Party (ČSNS)	14 November 1918	18 December 1935	1884–1948
Milan Hodža	Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants (RSZML)	18 December 1935	29 February 1936	1878–1944
Kamil Krofta	National Democracy (ČsND)	29 February 1936	4 October 1938	1876–1945

Second Czechoslovak Republic period (1938–1939)

Minister	Image	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
František Chvalkovský		Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants (RSZML)	4 October 1938	15 March 1939	1885–1945

Czechoslovak government-in-exile period (1940–1945)

Minister	Image	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Jan Masaryk		Non-party	21 July 1940	5 April 1945	1886–1948

Third Czechoslovak Republic period (1945–1948)

Minister	Image	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Jan Masaryk		Non-party	5 April 1945	10 March 1948	1886–1948

Communist Czechoslovakia period (1948–1989)

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Vladimír Clementis	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	18 March 1948	14 March 1950	1902–1952
Viliam Široký	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	14 March 1950	31 December 1952	1902–1971
Václav David	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	31 March 1953	8 April 1968	1910–1996
Jiří Hájek	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	8 April 1968	19 September 1968	1913–1993
Oldřich Černík (acting)	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	19 September 1968	31 December 1968	1921–1994
Ján Marko	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	2 January 1969	9 December 1971	1920–?
Bohuslav Chňoupek	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	9 December 1971	11 October 1988	1925–2004
Jaromír Johanes	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	12 October 1988	10 December 1989	1933–

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic period (1989–1992)

Minister	Image	Party	Term start	Term end	Lifespan
Jiří Dienstbier		Civic Forum (OF)	10 December 1989	27 June 1992	1937–2011
Jozef Moravčík		Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS)	2 July 1992	31 December 1992	1945–

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia

First Republic	Edvard Beneš Milan Hodža Kamil Krofta

Second Republic	František Chvalkovský

Transition to Communism	Jan Masaryk

Communist era	Vladimír Clementis Viliam Široký Václav David Jiří Hájek Ján Marko Bohuslav Chňoupek Jaromír Johanes

Czech and Slovak Federal Republic	Jiří Dienstbier Jozef Moravčík

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