It mostly fulfils tasks by order of the President of the Czech Republic, under Section 26 of Act No.

[4] It was founded on New Year's Day in 1919 by order of President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.

from 5 December 1919 that formally established the Office of the President of Czechoslovak Republic and its military department.

Its functions were interrupted at the onset of the Second World War, when Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Prague on 15 March 1939.

[5] It continued after the return of the government to Prague in May 1945 under the command of Brigadier General Oldřich Španiel who was Chief of the Office in London from 1944 to April 1945.