Learned Society of the Czech Republic

The Learned Society of the Czech Republic ("Učená společnost České republiky") is an association of distinguished scholars of the Czech Republic from all scientific disciplines.

Its goal is to support free conduct of research and furtherance of scientific knowledge.

The first elected president of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic was Rudolf Zahradník (1994–1997).

Succeeding elected presidents were Josef Koutecký (1997–2002), František Šmahel (2002–2004), Jiří Grygar (2004–2008), Helena Illnerová (2008–2010), Václav Pačes (2010–2012), Petr Pokorný (2012–2014), Jiří Bičák (2014–2016), Zdeněk Havlas (2016–2018), Blanka Říhová (2018–2020), Pavel Jungwirth (2020–2022), and Libor Grubhoffer (2022–2024).

According to Act 83/1990, the Learned Society of the Czech Republic is a civic association.