Tschechische Republik Regierung Profil 2012

Hauptstadt

Name: Prague
geographische Koordinaten: 50 05 N, 14 28 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

1 Januar 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia); note - although 1 Januar is the day the Czech Republic came into being, the Czechs generally consider 28 Oktober 1918, the day the former Czechoslovakia declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as their independence day

Nationalfeiertag

Czechoslovak Founding Day, 28 Oktober (1918)

Konstitution

ratified 16 Dezember 1992, effective 1 Januar 1993; amended several times

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Vaclav KLAUS (seit dem 7 March 2003)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Petr NECAS (seit dem 28 June 2010); First Deputy Prime Minister Karel SCHWARZENBERG (seit dem 13 July 2010), Deputy Prime Minister Karolina PEAKE (seit dem 1 July 2011)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
elections: president elected by Parliament for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); last successful election held on 15 February 2008 (after inconclusive elections held 8 and 9 February 2008; next election to be held in 2013); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Vaclav KLAUS reelected president on 15 February 2008; Vaclav KLAUS 141 votes, Jan SVEJNAR 111 votes (third round; combined votes of both chambers of parliament)