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.

Coat of arms of Bohemia and Moravia

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
Took office Left office Time in office
Emil Hácha
(1872–1945)
(aged 72)		 16 March 1939 9 May 1945
[lower-alpha 1]		 6 years, 54 days National Partnership

Prime Ministers of Bohemia and Moravia
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
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
Alois Eliáš
(1890–1942)
(aged 51)		 27 April 1939 19 January 1942
[lower-alpha 2]		 2 years, 267 days National Partnership
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
[lower-alpha 3]		 106 days National Partnership

German representatives

Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht in Bohemia and Moravia
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Johannes Blaskowitz
(1883–1948)
(aged 64)		 15 March 1939 18 March 1939 3 days Nonpartisan[lower-alpha 4]

Reich Protectors of Bohemia and Moravia
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Konstantin von Neurath
(1873–1956)
(aged 83)		 21 March 1939 24 August 1943 4 years, 156 days NSDAP
Reinhard Heydrich
(1904–1942)
(aged 38)
Acting		 29 September 1941 4 June 1942†
[lower-alpha 5]		 248 days NSDAP
Kurt Daluege
(1897–1946)
(aged 49)
Acting		 5 June 1942 24 August 1943 1 year, 80 days NSDAP
Wilhelm Frick
(1877–1946)
(aged 69)		 24 August 1943 8 May 1945
[lower-alpha 6]		 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
Took office Left office Time in office
Karl Hermann Frank
(1898–1946)
(aged 48)		 20 August 1943 8 May 1945
[lower-alpha 6]		 1 year, 261 days NSDAP

Governmental Standards
See also: Flag of Czechoslovakia
  • 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
  1. Since May 1944, officially represented by prime ministers.
  2. Arrested on 27 September 1941 because of his participation in the anti-Nazi resistance.
  3. Arrested by the Czech resistance at the start of the Prague uprising.
  4. General of the Infantry of the Wehrmacht.
  5. Incapacitated since 27 May 1942.
  6. Fled at the end of the Prague uprising.

References
  1. "Německé státní ministerstvo pro Čechy a Moravu, Praha / Deutsches Staatsministerium für Böhmen und Mähren, Prag / German State Ministry for Bohemia and Moravia, Prague (fond description)". EHRI. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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