Supreme Audit Office (Czech Republic)

Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic
Nejvyšší kontrolní úřad
(NKÚ)
Official logo, as of 2008

Headquarters of NKÚ in Prague.
Agency overview
Formedin theory 1 January 1993
in practice 1 July 1993
Preceding agencies
  • Major predecessors include:
    Federal Ministry of Control and Ministry for Czechia and Ministry for Slovakia (1989)
  • Central Commission of State Control and Statistics (1960)
  • Ministry of State Control (1951)
  • Supreme Accounting Audit Office (1919)
HeadquartersJankovcova 1518/2, 170 04,
Prague 7, Czech Republic
Minister responsible
  • none; constitutionally independent
Agency executives
  • Miroslav Kala, President
  • Zdeňka Horníková, Vice-President
Websitehttp://www.nku.cz/

The Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic (Czech: Nejvyšší kontrolní úřad, NKÚ) – alternately known in English as the Supreme Control Office of the Czech Republic – is a "unique, independent constitutional entity to supervise the management of the state property and the state budget."

It was a part of the original form of the Constitution of the Czech Republic, created by Article 97 of that document on 1 January 1993. However, because the constitution left all of the details of the operation of the office up to future legislation, it was not until Act 166/1993 came into effect on 1 July 1993 that the office could in practice be formed.

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