Retired army General Petr Pavel defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in a runoff vote on Saturday to become the new Czech president. Pavel will succeed Milos Zeman in the largely ceremonial but prestigious post.
PRAGUE — Retired army General Petr Pavel defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in a runoff vote on Saturday to become the new Czech president.
“My presidency will succeed only when we all succeed together,” Pavel told a cheering crowd of his supporters. It’s the second major defeat for Babis 68, who is a former prime minister. His centrist ANO movement ended up in opposition after losing the 2021 general election.Babis had been supported by Zeman, with whom he shares euroskeptic views and the habit of using anti-migrant rhetoric.the former prime minister after his centrist ANO movement
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