# Ministry of the Interior (Czechoslovakia)

The Ministry of the Interior of Czechoslovakia refers to the internal affairs ministry which was responsible for interior of Czechoslovakia during its existence, from 1918 to 1992.

## List of ministers
### First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Švehla, AntonínAntonín Švehla (1873–1933) | 14 November 1918 | 15 September 1920 | 1 year, 306 days | RSZML |
| 2 | Černý, JanJan Černý (1874–1959) | 15 September 1920 | 7 October 1922 | 2 years, 22 days | Independent |
| 3 | Malypetr, JanJan Malypetr (1873–1947) | 7 October 1922 | 9 December 1925 | 3 years, 63 days | RSZML |
| 4 | Nosek, FrantišekFrantišek Nosek (1886–1935) | 9 December 1925 | 18 March 1926 | 99 days | Lidovci |
| (2) | Černý, JanJan Černý (1874–1959) | 18 March 1926 | 7 December 1929 | 3 years, 264 days | Independent |
| 5 | Slávik, JurajJuraj Slávik (1890–1969) | 7 December 1929 | 29 October 1932 | 2 years, 327 days | RSZML |
| (2) | Černý, JanJan Černý (1874–1959) | 29 October 1932 | 14 February 1934 | 1 year, 108 days | Independent |
| 6 | Černý, JosefJosef Černý (1885–1971) | 14 February 1934 | 22 September 1938 | 4 years, 220 days | RSZML |

### Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)

| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | | Černý, JanJan Černý (1874–1959) | 22 September 1938 | 1 December 1938 | 70 days | Independent |
| 2 | | Fischer, OtakarOtakar Fischer (1884–1968) | 1 December 1938 | 15 March 1939 | 104 days | SNJ |

### Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945)

| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | | Slávik, JurajJuraj Slávik (1890–1969) | 21 July 1940 | 5 April 1945 | 4 years, 258 days | RSZML |

### Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)

| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | | Nosek, VáclavVáclav Nosek (1892–1955) | 5 April 1945 | 25 February 1948 | 2 years, 326 days | KSČ |

### Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1989)

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Nosek, VáclavVáclav Nosek (1892–1955) | 25 February 1948 | 14 September 1953 | 5 years, 201 days | KSČ |
| 2 | Barák, RudolfRudolf Barák (1915–1995) | 14 September 1953 | 23 June 1961 | 7 years, 282 days | KSČ |
| 3 | Štrougal, LubomírLubomír Štrougal (1924–2023) | 23 June 1961 | 23 April 1965 | 3 years, 304 days | KSČ |
| 4 | Kudrna, JosefJosef Kudrna (1920–1989) | 23 April 1965 | 15 March 1968 | 2 years, 327 days | KSČ |
| 5 | Pavel, JosefJosef Pavel (1908–1973) | 15 March 1968 | 31 August 1968 | 169 days | KSČ |
| 6 | Pelnář, JanJan Pelnář (1911–1982) | 31 August 1968 | 28 January 1970 | 1 year, 150 days | KSČ |
| 7 | Kaska, RadkoRadko Kaska (1928–1973) | 28 January 1970 | 28 February 1973 † | 3 years, 31 days | KSČ |
| 8 | Obzina, JaromírJaromír Obzina (1929–2003) | 30 March 1973 | 20 June 1983 | 10 years, 82 days | KSČ |
| 9 | Vajnar, VratislavVratislav Vajnar (born 1930) | 20 June 1983 | 11 October 1988 | 5 years, 113 days | KSČ |
| 10 | Kincl, FrantišekFrantišek Kincl (born 1941) | 12 October 1988 | 3 December 1989 | 1 year, 52 days | KSČ |
| 11 | Pinc, FrantišekFrantišek Pinc (born 1944) | 3 December 1989 | 10 December 1989 | 7 days | KSČ |

### Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992)

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Sacher, RichardRichard Sacher (1942–2014) | 30 December 1989 | 27 June 1990 | 179 days | Lidovci |
| 2 | Langoš, JánJán Langoš (1946–2006) | 27 June 1990 | 2 July 1992 | 2 years, 5 days | DS |
| 3 | Čermák, PetrPetr Čermák (born 1953) | 2 July 1992 | 31 December 1992 | 182 days | ODS |