List of rulers of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia
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This article is a list of office-holders of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia, which from
15 March 1939 until 5 May 1945 occupied parts of Czechoslovakia. It includes both the representatives of the Czech autonomy as well as the German protectors, which held most power.
15 March 1939 until 5 May 1945 occupied parts of Czechoslovakia. It includes both the representatives of the Czech autonomy as well as the German protectors, which held most power.
Prime Ministers
- Rudolf BeranRudolf BeranRudolf Beran was a Czechoslovakian politician who served as prime minister of the country before its occupation by Nazi Germany and shortly thereafter, before it was declared a protectorate...
(December 1, 1938 - 27 April 1939) - Alois EliášAlois EliášAlois Eliáš was a Czechoslovak general and politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from April 27, 1939 to September 28, 1941.- Career in 1939-1942 :...
(April 27, 1939 - September 28, 1941) - Jaroslav KrejčíJaroslav KrejcíJaroslav Krejčí was a Czechoslovakian lawyer and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from January 19, 1942 to January 19, 1945....
(January 19, 1942 - January 19, 1945) - Richard BienertRichard BienertRichard Bienert was a Czechoslovakian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from January 19, 1945 to May 5, 1945, under the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia...
(19 January 1945 - 5 May 1945)
German Protectors
- Konstantin Freiherr von NeurathKonstantin von NeurathKonstantin Freiherr von Neurath was a German diplomat remembered mostly for having served as Foreign minister of Germany between 1932 and 1938...
(15 March 1939 – 24 August 1943)- Reinhard HeydrichReinhard HeydrichReinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich , also known as The Hangman, was a high-ranking German Nazi official.He was SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei, chief of the Reich Main Security Office and Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia...
, Deputy Protector (29 September 1941 - 4 June 1942), acting for Neurath - Kurt DaluegeKurt DaluegeKurt Daluege was a German Nazi SS-Oberstgruppenführer and Generaloberst der Polizei as chief of the Ordnungspolizei and ruled the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia as Deputy Protector after Reinhard Heydrich's assassination.-Early life and career:Kurt Daluege, a son of a Prussian state official,...
, Deputy Protector (5 June 1942 – 24 August 1943), acting for Neurath
- Reinhard Heydrich
- Wilhelm FrickWilhelm FrickWilhelm Frick was a prominent German Nazi official serving as Minister of the Interior of the Third Reich. After the end of World War II, he was tried for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and executed...
: 24 August 1943 - 4 May 1945- Karl Hermann FrankKarl Hermann FrankKarl Hermann Frank was a prominent Sudeten German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia prior to and during World War II and an SS-Obergruppenführer...
, Higher SS and Police leader in Bohemia and Moravia since 1939, was promoted German Minister (with the precise title: "Staatsminister im Range eines Reichsministers") for Bohemia and Moravia under Frick's tenure, largely reducing the formerly important position of Protector to a ceremonial role.
- Karl Hermann Frank
Commander-in-chief
- Johannes BlaskowitzJohannes BlaskowitzJohannes Albrecht Blaskowitz was a German general during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
(15 March 1939), acting as Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe 3