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Government of Czechia

Government of the Czech Republic
Vláda České republiky
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Overview
Established 1 January 1993 (1993-01-01)
State Czech Republic
Leader Prime Minister
Appointed by Presidential nomination with Chamber of Deputies confirmation
Responsible to Chamber of Deputies
Headquarters Straka Academy
Prague
Website http://www.vlada.cz/en

The Government of the Czech Republic (Czech: Vláda České republiky) exercises executive power in the Czech Republic. The members of the government are the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Chairman of the Government), the deputy ministers and other ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Czech Republic.

The government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining ministers. Government of the Czech Republic is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the Czech Republic (currently Miloš Zeman). He or she succeeds to the presidency if the current president dies, is incapacitated, or resigns. The current Prime Minister is Bohuslav Sobotka.

The current government, sworn in on January 29, 2014, is the 13th since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993. It has 17 members and a prime minister. The cabinet consists of the following members:


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