| Capital | nombre: Prague coordenadas geográficas: 50 05 N, 14 28 E diferencia de tiempo: 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 |
| División administrativa | 13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky (South Bohemia), Jihomoravsky (South Moravia), Karlovarsky (Karlovy Vary), Kralovehradecky (Hradec Kralove), Liberecky (Liberec), Moravskoslezsky (Moravia-Silesia), Olomoucky (Olomouc), Pardubicky (Pardubice), Plzensky (Pilsen), Praha (Prague)*, Stredocesky (Central Bohemia), Ustecky (Usti), Vysocina (Highlands), Zlinsky (Zlin) |
| Independencia | 1 Enero 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia); note - although 1 Enero is the day the Czech Republic came into being, the Czechs commemorate 28 Octubre 1918, the day the former Czechoslovakia declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as their independence day |
| Feriado nacional | Czechoslovak Founding Day, 28 Octubre (1918) |
| Constitución | history: previous 1960; latest ratificada 16 Diciembre 1992, efectiva 1 Enero 1993 amendments: passage requires at least three-fifths concurrence of members present in both houses of Parliament; modificada several times, last in 2013 (2017) |
| Sufragio | 18 años de edad; universal |
| Poder Executivo | jefe de estado: Presidente Milos ZEMAN (desde 8 March 2013) jefe de gobierno: Prime Minister Andrej BABIS (desde 13 December 2017); First Deputy Prime Minister Jan HAMACEK (desde 27 June 2018), Deputy Prime Minister Alena SCHILLEROVA (desde 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% |
Fuente: CIA World Factbook
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