Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

Česká a Slovenská Federativní/Federatívna Republika
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

Federation

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1990–1992

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Motto
Pravda vítězí

Anthem
Kde domov můj?

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Capital

Prague

Government

Republic

President

- 1990-1992

Václav Havel

- 1992

January Stráský

Prime Minister

- 1990-1992

Marián Calfa

- 1992

January Stráský

Legislature

Federal Assembly

- Upper house

Chamber of Nations

- Lower house

Chamber of the People

History

- April 23, 1990

Constitutional change

- December 31, 1992

Disestablished

Area

127,900 km²

Population

- 1992

15,600,000

Density

121.9/km²

Currency

Czechoslovak koruna

Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic

Slovakia

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The Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (1990-1993) was a federal republic consisting of the Czech and Slovak constituent republics. In 1993 the Czech Republic and Slovakia became independent states and the federation was dissolved.

Politics[]

By 1992, Slovak calls for greater autonomy effectively blocked the daily functioning of the federal government. In the election of June 1992, Klaus's Civic Democratic Party won handily in the Czech lands on a platform of economic reform. Vladimir Meciar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia emerged as the leading party in Slovakia, basing its appeal on fairness to Slovak demands for autonomy. Federalists, like Havel, were unable to contain the trend toward the split. In July 1992, President Havel resigned. In the latter half of 1992, Klaus and Meciar hammered out an agreement that the two republics would go their separate ways by the end of the year.

Members of the federal parliament, divided along national lines, barely cooperated enough to pass the law officially separating the two nations. The law was passed on December 27, 1992. On January 1, 1993, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovakia were simultaneously and peacefully founded.

Relationships between the two states, despite occasional disputes about the division of federal property and governing of the border, have been peaceful. Both states attained immediate recognition from the United States and their European neighbors.^[1]^[2]