Flag of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Greater arms of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1945)

This is a list of rulers of the

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; cs, Protektorát Čechy a Morava; its territory was called by the Nazis ("the rest of Czechia"). was a partially annexed territory of Nazi Germany established on 16 March 1939 following the German oc ...

, which from 15 March 1939 until 5 May 1945 comprised the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

- occupied parts of Czechoslovakia. It includes both the representatives of the recognized Czech authorities as well as the German ''Reichsprotektoren'' ("Reich protectors") and the ''Staatsminister'' ("State Minister"), who held the real executive power.

Government of the Protectorate

Note: State President (''Státní prezident'' / ''Staatspräsident'') Emil Hácha and Prime Minister (''Předseda vlády'' / ''Premierminister'') Rudolf Beran held the office prior the German occupation, during the

Second Czechoslovak Republic The Second Czechoslovak Republic ( cs, Druhá československá republika, sk, Druhá česko-slovenská republika) existed for 169 days, between 30 September 1938 and 15 March 1939. It was composed of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and ...

, and were officially confirmed in those positions (with very limited sovereignty and power) by German authorities within few days after the occupation.

State President of Bohemia and Moravia

Prime Ministers of Bohemia and Moravia

German representatives

Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht in Bohemia and Moravia

Reich Protectors of Bohemia and Moravia

State Minister for Bohemia and Moravia

On 20 August 1943, at the eve of Wilhelm Frick's appointment, the State Ministry for Bohemia and Moravia was created within the

Hitler cabinet The Hitler cabinet was the government of Nazi Germany between 30 January 1933 and 30 April 1945 upon the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of the German Reich by president Paul von Hindenburg. It was originally contrived by the nationa ...

, which assumed many powers of the Prime Minister and of the Reich Protector. ''SS-

Obergruppenführer ' (, "senior group leader") was a paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and adopted by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) one year later. Until April 1942, it was the highest commissio ...

Karl Hermann Frank Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a prominent Sudeten German Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II. Attaining the rank of '' Obergruppenführer'', he was in command of th ...

, Higher SS and Police Leader (''Höherer SS-und Polizeiführer'', HSSPF, HSS-PF, HSSuPF) in Bohemia and Moravia and the former Secretary of State in the Office of Reich Protector since 1939, was the only State Minister (with the title ''Staatsminister im Range eines Reichsministers'') for Bohemia and Moravia, reducing the formerly important position of Reich Protector to a ceremonial role.

Governmental Standards

File:Reichsprotektor Böhmen und Mähren.svg, Service flag of the Reich Protector
(1939–1944) File:Reichsprotektor Böhmen und Mähren2.svg, Service flag of the Reich Protector
(1944–1945) File:Staatsminister Böhmen Mähren 1944-1945.svg, Service flag of the State Minister for Bohemia and Moravia
(1944–1945) File:Wehrmachtbevollmächtiger Böhmen und Mähren.svg, Service flag of the Representative of the Wehrmacht in Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) File:Flag of the President of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945).svg, Standard of the State President

Notes

References

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Bohemia and Moravia, Rulers Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate 1930s in Czechoslovakia 1940s in Czechoslovakia