Government Type: Parliamentary republic.
Independence: The Czech Republic was established
January 1, 1993 (former Czechoslovak state established
1918).
Constitution: Signed December 16, 1992.
Branches: Executive: president (chief of state),
prime minister (head of government), cabinet. Legislative:
Chamber of Deputies, Senate. Judicial: Supreme Court,
Constitutional Court.
Political parties: Civic Democratic Party (ODS),
Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD), Communist Party of Bohemia
and Moravia (KSCM), Christian and Democratic Union-Czechoslovak
Peoples Party (KDU-CSL), Green Party (SZ).
Suffrage: Universal at 18.
For more information on the political and economic environment of the country, please visit the U.S. Department of State Background Notes.