Editing Father of the House (section)

==Czech Republic==
In the [[Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic|Chamber of Deputies]], if previous [[President of the Chamber of Deputies (Czech Republic)|President]] of the Chamber of Deputies or his deputies are not elected, the oldest MP serves as the Acting President presiding over the constitutive session, before new president is elected.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.psp.cz/docs/laws/1995/90.html | title=Zákon o jednacím řádu Poslanecké sněmovny }}</ref>
* 1993: Robert Dostál — [[Czech Social Democratic Party]]
* 1996: [[Zdeněk Jičínský]] — [[Czech Social Democratic Party]]
*1998: [[Augustin Bubník]] — [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]]
* 2002: {{Interlanguage link|Břetislav Petr|cz|Břetislav Petr}} — [[Czech Social Democratic Party]]
* 2003: [[Zdeněk Jičínský]] — [[Czech Social Democratic Party]]
* 2010: [[Karel Schwarzenberg]] — [[TOP 09]]
* 2021: [[Bohuslav Svoboda]] —  [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]]

In the [[Senate of the Czech Republic|Senate]], if  previous [[President of the Senate of the Czech Republic|President]] of the Senate or his deputies are not elected for the next term, the oldest Senator serves as the Acting President presiding over the opening session gathered every two years, before election of the new president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senat.cz/informace/zakon106/zakony/zak107.php |title=Rules of Procedure of the Senate|date=January 2012 }}</ref>
* 1996:  Jaroslav Musial — [[Czech Social Democratic Party]]
*2000: [[Jaroslava Moserová]] — [[Civic Democratic Alliance]]
* 2004: [[Bedřich Moldan]] — [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]]
* 2010: [[Jiří Dienstbier]] — [[Czech Social Democratic Party]]
* 2011: Pavel Lebeda — [[Czech Social Democratic Party]]
* 2014: [[František Čuba]] — [[Party of Civic Rights]]
* 2018: Jaroslav Malý — [[Czech Social Democratic Party]]
* 2020:  Jaroslav Doubrava — [[Severočeši.cz]]
* 2022: Jan Pirk – [[TOP 09]]