| 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 etymology: the name likely derives from an old Slavic root "praga" or "prah", meaning "ford", and refers to the city's origin at a crossing point of the Vltava (Moldau) River |
| 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 commemorate 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 | history: previous 1960; latest ratified 16 Dezember 1992, effective 1 Januar 1993 amendments: passage requires at least three-fifths concurrence of members present in both houses of Parliament; amended several times, last in 2013 (2017) |
| Wahlrecht | 18 Jahre; universal |
| Exekutive | Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Milos ZEMAN (seit dem 8 March 2013) Regierungschef: Prime Minister Andrej BABIS (seit dem 13 December 2017); First Deputy Prime Minister Jan HAMACEK (seit dem 27 June 2018), Deputy Prime Minister Alena SCHILLEROVA (seit dem 30 April 2019) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (limited to 2 consecutive terms); elections last held on 12-13 January 2018 with a runoff on 26-27 January 2018 (next to be held in January 2023); prime minister appointed by the president for a 4-year term election results: Milos ZEMAN reelected president in the second round; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 51.4%, Jiri DRAHOS (independent) 48.6% |
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
