predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion profession office birth_date term_start spouse signature image article_title term_end name
edvard beneš '' '' edvard beneš as president of government in exile himself as state president of bohemia and moravia 27 june 1945 trhové sviny , bohemia , austria-hungary prague , czechoslovakia roman catholicism lawyer state president of czechoslovakia president of protectorate of bohemia and moravia 3rd 12 july 1872 15 march 1939 30 november 1938 marie háchová -lrb- 1873 -- 1938 -rrb- emil hacha signature.svg emil hácha -lrb- 1872-1945 -rrb- . jpg emil hácha
 9 may 1945 14 march 1939 emil hácha
emil hácha

emil hácha -lrb- 12 july 1872 -- 27 june 1945 -rrb- was a czech lawyer , the third president of czechoslovakia from 1938 to 1939 .
from march 1939 , his country was under the control of the germans and was known as the protectorate of bohemia and moravia .
