Josef Tošovský is a Czech economist and former governor of Czech National Bank. From 17 December 1997 to 22 July 1998 he was the prime minister of the Czech Republic in a caretaker government.

The Czech National Bank, is the central bank and financial market supervisor in the Czech Republic, headquartered in Prague. It is a member of the European System of Central Banks. It was established on 1 January 1993 from the division of the State Bank of Czechoslovakia as part of the process of dissolution of Czechoslovakia, together with the National Bank of Slovakia.