Second Czechoslovak Republic government

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The Second Czechoslovak Republic government was the short-lived, pre-World War II regime that administered a reduced and politically unstable Czechoslovakia between the Munich Agreement and the country’s full occupation by Nazi Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government
historical government
alsoKnownAs Second Czechoslovak Republic government
surface form: Government of the Second Czechoslovak Republic
capital Prague
characterizedBy political instability
strong German influence
territorial dismemberment
weak sovereignty
constitutionalStatus reduced Czechoslovak state
country Czechoslovakia
endDate 1939-03-15
endEvent German occupation of Czechoslovakia
existedDuring Second Czechoslovak Republic
followedBy Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia authorities
surface form: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia administration

Slovak Assembly
surface form: Slovak State government
foreignPolicyOrientation accommodation to Nazi Germany
headOfGovernment Jan Syrový
Rudolf Beran
headOfState Emil Hácha
historicalContext prelude to World War II
ideology authoritarianism
conservative nationalism
includedSubdivision Carpatho-Ukraine
surface form: Carpathian Ruthenia

Czech lands
Slovakia
languageOfAdministration Czech
Slovak
legalBasis revised Czechoslovak constitution after Munich Agreement
legalForm unitary state
legislature National Assembly of Czechoslovakia
mainOpposingPower Nazi Germany
notableEventDuringTenure autonomy of Carpathian Ruthenia
autonomy of Slovakia
increasing German political pressure
politicalSystem authoritarian regime
semi‑democratic system
precededBy Government of the First Czechoslovak Republic
reasonForEnd full occupation by Nazi Germany
startDate 1938-10-01
startEvent Munich Agreement
successorStateEntity Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
territorialChangeComparedToPredecessor lost Sudetenland to Nazi Germany
lost Zaolzie region to Poland
lost southern Slovakia and southern Carpathian Ruthenia to Hungary
timePeriod interwar period
typeOfRegimeChange transition from liberal democracy to authoritarian rule

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Second Czechoslovak Republic government alsoKnownAs Second Czechoslovak Republic government
this entity surface form: Government of the Second Czechoslovak Republic
Czechoslovak government-in-exile replaces Second Czechoslovak Republic government