Czech Socialist Republic
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| Czech Socialist Republic (1969–90) Česká socialistická republika Czech Republic (1990–92) Česká republika | |||||||||
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| Federal subject of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1969–90) and Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–92) | |||||||||
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 Flag (1990–1992) .svg) Lesser coat of arms (1990–1992) | |||||||||
Socialist republic (1968–89) (1989–92)Parliamentary republic | |||||||||
Independence | 31 December 1992 | ||||||||
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The Czech Socialist Republic (Czech: Česká socialistická republika, ČSR) was a republic within the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The name was used from 1 January 1969 to November 1989, when the previously unitary Czechoslovak state changed into a federation. From 1990 to 1992, the Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika, ČR) existed as a federal subject within the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, which later became the independent Czech Republic.
History
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1969–89)
After the
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–92)
After the Velvet Revolution which brought the end of socialism in Czechoslovakia, the word socialist was dropped from the names of the two republics. Thus, the Czech Socialist Republic was renamed the Czech Republic (though it was still a part of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic).
The complicated system of parliamentary voting (there were de facto five different bodies each having right of veto) was kept after the fall of socialism, complicating and delaying political decisions during radical changes in the economy.
Later, in 1992, the Czech Republic became an Independent State (see Dissolution of Czechoslovakia).
See also
- Constitutional Law of Federation
- History of Czechoslovakia
- Slovak Socialist Republic (1969–1990)/Slovak Republic (1990–1992)
- Czech and Slovak Federative Republic
- Reconcilee