List of Czech presidential pets

Equestrian statue of President Tomáš Masaryk on his horse Hektor in Lány, completed in 2010
Tomáš Masaryk on his horse Hektor in 1931

Presidents of the Czech Republic and their predecessors as Presidents of Czechoslovakia have often kept pets while in office.

In addition to traditional pets, this list includes some animals normally considered livestock or working animals that have a close association with presidents or their families; occasionally the animals were given to the presidents from foreign dignitaries.

List of presidential pets

President Pets
Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)
Tomáš Masaryk
Edvard Beneš
Emil Hácha
Klement Gottwald
Antonín Zápotocký
Antonín Novotný
Ludvík Svoboda
Gustáv Husák
Václav Havel
Czech Republic (from 1993)
Václav Havel
Václav Klaus
Miloš Zeman
Petr Pavel

See also

References

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