Local committee (Czechoslovakia)

Local committees (Czech: Místní národní výbor, abbreviated MNV, literally "local national committee") were the representatives of the central committee (Czech: Národní výbor, literally "national committee"), which administered municipalities in Czechoslovakia in the years 1945 though 1990.

In 1945, the local committees were awarded jurisdiction over municipalities in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, replacing existing municipal councils. In addition to their existing agendas, they also dealt with post-war issues, such as:

Interim Implemention guidelines for state administration were published in September 10, 1947.

Starting in February, 1948, the apparatus of state government gradually came under the control of the Communist Party. An updated constitution was ratified on May 9, 1948. All levels of government intervened into the economy and social life. A new law on regional government (no. 280/1948) was adopted on December 21, 1948, which enacted a complete reorganization of the state administration. A new regulation (no. 14/1950) was issued on February 28, 1950 which specified the creation of local chapters of the national committee. These local committees were subordinate to regional committees. The legal system at the time did not recognize municipalities as independent governing entities, so the local committees were the 'de facto' lowest level of government. The local committees consisted of a plenum body and an administrative organ.

In those districts of Prague amalgamated into the capital region between 1968 and 1974, local committees continued to function, but were in fact subordinate to the Prague regional committee, while the original districts were governed directly by the regional committee.

In 1990, after the Velvet Revolution, the local committees were transformed into municipal governments with local councils, except in Prague, where local government was divided at the district level.

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