Following on from the revolution of the 17th November 1989, the socio-political development of the country culminated in 1992 when the Constitutional Law on the Dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic was passed by the Federal Assembly. Thus the independent Slovak and Czech Republics were established on 1st January 1993. It was also the first year of the existence of the Slovak Post and Czech Post as independent postal operators.  

     On the 1st January 1993, the Ministry of Transportation, Communications and Public Works of the Slovak Republic, represented by Minister Roman Hofbauer, established, pursuant to a provision of Act No. 111/90 Coll. on State-Owned Enterprises, Slovenská pošta, š. p., (Slovak Post), through Articles of Association No. 46/M-92 of the 22nd December 1992. Its predecessors included the Administration of Post and Telecommunications and the Administration of Radiocommunications. The structure of Slovak Post was made up of semi-autonomous organisations. They were the Bratislava Headquarters for Post in Western Slovakia (ZsRP), the Banská Bystrica Headquarters for Post in Central Slovakia (SsRP), the Košice Headquarters for Post in Eastern Slovakia, the Bratislava Headquarters for Post (RP), the Headquarters of Mail Transport, Bratislava (RPP), the Technical Headquarters for Post, Bratislava (TÚP), the Headquarters for Post of Computer Technology and Inspection, Bratislava (VAKUP) and POFIS, Bratislava. 

     The development of Česká pošta, s.p., (Czech Post) followed a similar pattern. It was established on 31st December 1992, by resolution No. 378/1992 of 16th December 1992 from the Minister of Economy, which divided Správa pošt a telekomunikací, s. p., Praha into Česká pošta, s. p., and SPT Telecom, s. p. It had 8 regional postal administrations, 80 district postal administrations, 3,500 post offices and included five specialised individual semi-autonomous units: the Headquarters for Mail Transport, the Headquarters for International Mail Transport, the Economic Headquarters for Post, VAKUS Praha (the Headquarters for Post of Computer Technology and Inspection) and VAKUS Vítkov. Each headquarters followed the traditional horizontal structure, with operational, economic and technical sections.  

     Following their foundation, both Slovak Post and Czech Post became established as members of international postal organisations (the Universal Postal Union, PostEurop) and modernised their technology, buildings and transport fleet. Today, 30 years after they were established, they still strive to improve their services so they can compete with other postal operators within a liberalised postal market.

 Leo Lichvár