Constitution of the Czech Republic Václav Havel Czechoslovak presidency Czech Constitution Czech Republic prime minister ceremonial head of state
The framers of the Constitution of the Czech Republic intended to set up a parliamentary system, with the prime minister as the country's leading political figure and the de facto chief executive and the president as a ceremonial head of state. However, the stature of the first president, Václav Havel, was such that the office acquired greater influence than the framers intended, although not nearly as powerful as the Czechoslovak presidency.
