Miloš Zeman is new president of Czech Republic
Former Prime Minister Miloš Zeman has won the Czech Republic's presidential election, receiving 55 percent of votes in the second round, held this weekend.
Saturday, 26.01.2013.
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PRAGUE Former Prime Minister Milos Zeman has won the Czech Republic's presidential election, receiving 55 percent of votes in the second round, held this weekend. Zeman defeated Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, who received 45 percent. Milos Zeman is new president of Czech Republic The election is the first time the presidency has been decided by direct popular vote. Before polls closed at 13:00 CET, people braved freezing conditions to vote in what was being seen as a nail-bitingly close poll. The former prime minister gained 24.2 percent in the first round, with Schwarzenberg winning 23.4 percent. "It'll be very tight," Schwarzenberg said after casting his ballot in the small village of Sykorice, south-west of Prague. "I'm not nervous, far from it, I'm calm, we'll see," he added. Zeman said he had said all he wanted to say. "Now it's the turn of citizens," he added. In the early 1990s, Schwarzenberg worked as chancellor to the President Vaclav Havel, the leader of the Velvet Revolution that brought down Communist rule in 1989. The new president will represent the Czech Republic abroad and appoint candidates to the constitutional court and the central bank, but does not carry much day-to-day power. Milos Zeman is seen in Prague on Saturday (Beta/AP) BBC
Miloš Zeman is new president of Czech Republic
The election is the first time the presidency has been decided by direct popular vote.Before polls closed at 13:00 CET, people braved freezing conditions to vote in what was being seen as a nail-bitingly close poll.
The former prime minister gained 24.2 percent in the first round, with Schwarzenberg winning 23.4 percent.
"It'll be very tight," Schwarzenberg said after casting his ballot in the small village of Sykorice, south-west of Prague.
"I'm not nervous, far from it, I'm calm, we'll see," he added.
Zeman said he had said all he wanted to say.
"Now it's the turn of citizens," he added.
In the early 1990s, Schwarzenberg worked as chancellor to the President Vaclav Havel, the leader of the Velvet Revolution that brought down Communist rule in 1989.
The new president will represent the Czech Republic abroad and appoint candidates to the constitutional court and the central bank, but does not carry much day-to-day power.
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