Why Czechoslovakia was not proclaimed as a republic directly on 28 October 1918?

Abstract

The study deals with the problems connected with the republican form of newly established Czechoslovak state. The Czechoslovak state was solemnly proclaimed in Prague on 28 October 1918 by the Czechoslovak National Committee, which issued the first Czechoslovak Act on the Establishment of the Independent Czechoslovak State, which was published as Act No. 11 of a new Czechoslovak Collection of Laws.

A decision on a republican form of government was postponed until negotiations with the Czechoslovak politicians in exile took place in Switzerland.

Keywords

• establishment of Czechoslovakia 1918
• Czechoslovak constitutional development
• Provisional Constitution 1918
• republican form of government