The retired general won the presidential elections in the Czech Republic
in the Czech Republic the president In the second round of elections, the vote was resigned general Petr Pavel won.
He got more than 58 percent of the votes, while his opponent Andrey Babish got less than 42 percent.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala, as well as the heads of some countries neighboring the Czech Republic, especially Slovakia and Austria, congratulated Petr Pavel on his victory.
Petr Pavel will start his duties at the beginning of March.
He is Milos Zeman in Prague Castle substitute will do. Milos Zeman for a long time European Union was considered one of the most pro-Russian leaders of his country. However, after February 24, he sharply hardened his position in relation to Moscow.
Petr Pavel is a career military man, serving in the history of the Czech Republic and former Soviet bloc countries (2015-2018years) NATO Military He was the first head of the committee.
Five years at the General Staff of the Czech Army chief Pavel takes a tough stance against Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
He defends the pro-Western orientation of his country, and at the same time appeals to patriotic feelings. It is mainly supported by supporters of right, conservative and liberal views.
Andrey Babish passed away Prime Ministercurrently the leader of the largest opposition party, ANO, and former billionaire entrepreneur, head of the Agrofert holding.
The basis of his voters are pensioners and low-income people.
In the first round of voting, the Praqibs received almost the same number of votes, but they could not win more than half of the voters.
In the Czech Republic, which is a parliamentary republic, the powers of the head of state are not very large.
Petr Pavel will become the fourth president of the Czech Republic after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. His predecessors were former dissident and playwright Vaclav Havel (1993-2003), professor of economics and ex Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus (2003-2013) and the other former prime minister was Milos Zeman (2013-2023).
President of the country until 2013 parliament direct elections have been applied since that period.