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class="container"> <div class="section text_post_block"> <h2 align="center" class="section_title section_title_big">Republic of Czechia</h2> <div> <div align="center"> <table width="65%" border="0" cellspacing="12" cellpadding="12"> <tr> <td width="33%"><div align="center"><a href="Index.html"><img src="../NationByNationIcons/Information@2x.png" width="50" height="50"></a></div></td> <td width="34%"><div align="center"><a href="Economy.html"><img src="../NationByNationIcons/Economy@2x.png" width="50" height="50"></a></div></td> <td width="33%"><div align="center"><a href="Geo.html"><img src="../NationByNationIcons/Geography@2x.png" width="50" height="50"></a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="Index.html">Basic</a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><a href="Economy.html">Economy</a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><a href="Geo.html">Geography</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="Gov.html"><img src="../NationByNationIcons/Government@2x.png" 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href="Population.html">People</a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><a href="Tourism.html">Tourism</a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><a href="transportation.html">Transportation</a></div></td> </table> </div> <div align="center"></div> <td width="445"> <p> </p> <h1 align="center">Government</h1> <div align="left"></div></td> </div> </div></div> <div class="container"> <p><br> <br> <strong>Government type</strong></p> <p>parliamentary republic<br> <strong>Capital</strong></p> <p>name: Prague</p> <p><strong>geographic coordinates</strong>: 50 05 N, 14 28 E</p> <p>time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)</p> <p>daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October</p> <p>etymology: the name may derive from an old Slavic root "praga" or "prah", meaning "ford", and refer to the city's origin at a crossing point of the Vltava (Moldau) River<br> <strong>Administrative divisions</strong></p> <p>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)<br> <strong>Independence</strong></p> <p>1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia); note - although 1 January is the day the Czech Republic came into being, the Czechs commemorate 28 October 1918, the day the former Czechoslovakia declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as their independence day<br> National holiday</p> <p>Czechoslovak Founding Day, 28 October (1918)<br> <strong>Constitution</strong></p> <p>history: previous 1960; latest ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993</p> <p>amendments: passage requires at least three-fifths concurrence of members present in both houses of Parliament; amended several times, last in 2013<br> <strong>Legal system</strong></p> <p>new civil code enacted in 2014, replacing civil code of 1964 - based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory - and reintroducing former Czech legal terminology<br> International law organization participation</p> <p>has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction<br> <strong>Citizenship</strong></p> <p>citizenship by birth: no</p> <p>citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Czechia</p> <p>dual citizenship recognized: no</p> <p>residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years<br> <strong>Suffrage</strong></p> <p>18 years of age; universal<br> <strong>Executive branch</strong></p> <p>chief of state: President Milos ZEMAN (since 8 March 2013)</p> <p>head of government: Prime Minister Andrej BABIS (since 13 December 2017); First Deputy Prime Minister Jan HAMACEK (since 27 June 2018), Deputy Prime Minister Alena SCHILLEROVA (since 30 April 2019)</p> <p>cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister</p> <p>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</p> <p>election results: Milos ZEMAN reelected president in the second round; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 51.4%, Jiri DRAHOS (independent) 48.6%<br> <strong>Legislative branch</strong></p> <p>description: bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:<br> Senate or Senat (81 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)<br> Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members directly elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote with a 5% threshold required to fill a seat; members serve 4-year terms)</p> <p>elections: <br> Senate - last held in 2 rounds on 2-3 and 9-10 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2022)<br> Chamber of Deputies - last held on 20-21 October 2017 (next to be held by October 2021)</p> <p>election results: <br> Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - STAN 19, ODS 18, KDU-CSL 12, ANO 5, TOP 09 5, CSSD 3, SEN 21 3, Pirates 2, SZ 1, minor parties with one seat each 9, independents 4</p> <p>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - ANO 29.6%, ODS 11.3%, Pirates 10.8%, SPD 10.6%, KSCM 7.8%, CSSD 7.3%, KDU-CSL 5.8%, TOP 09 5.3%, STAN 5.2%, other 6.3%; seats by party - ANO 78, ODS 25, Pirates 22, SPD 22, CSSD 15, KSCM 15, KDU-CSL 10, TOP 09 7, STAN 6; composition - men 155, women 45, percent of women 24%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20.6%<br> <strong>Judicial branch</strong></p> <p>highest courts: Supreme Court (organized into Civil Law and Commercial Division, and Criminal Division each with a court chief justice, vice justice, and several judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 15 justices); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 36 judges, including the court president and vice president, and organized into 6-, 7-, and 9-member chambers)</p> <p>judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges proposed by the Chamber of Deputies and appointed by the president; judges appointed for life; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate; judges appointed for 10-year, renewable terms; Supreme Administrative Court judges selected by the president of the Court; unlimited terms</p> <p>subordinate courts: High Court; regional and district courts<br> Political parties and leaders</p> <p>Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party or KDU-CSL [Pavel BELOBRADEK]<br> Civic Democratic Party or ODS [Petr FIALA]<br> Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia or KSCM [Vojtech FILIP]<br> Czech Social Democratic Party or CSSD [Jan HAMACEK]<br> Freedom and Direct Democracy or SPD [Tomio OKAMURA]<br> Green Party or SZ [Petr STEPANEK]<br> Mayors and Independents or STAN [Petr GAZDIK]<br> Movement of Dissatisfied Citizens or ANO [Andrej BABIS]<br> Party of Civic Rights or SPO [Lubomir NECAS]<br> Pirate Party or Pirates [Ivan BARTOS]<br> Tradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 or TOP 09 [Jiri POSPISIL]</p> </div> </div> </div> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-format="autorelaxed" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3974071567099242" data-ad-slot="5027193468"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <footer class="footer footer_3">  <footer class="footer footer_3">  <div class="footer_bottom_part"> <div 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