Miloš Zeman
president of Czech Republic
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Jerzy Buzek, Miloš Zeman, Javier Solana, and Viktor Orbán at a ceremony marking the accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to NATO
(From left to right) Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, Czech Prime Minister Miloš Zeman, NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán attending a ceremony marking the accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at NATO headquarters, Brussels, March 16, 1999.
The current president of the Czech Republic is Petr Pavel. Miloš Zeman served as the president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023. He was elected in January 2013, becoming the first directly elected president of the country. Zeman, a former prime minister, won a runoff election against Karel Schwarzenberg. The Czech Republic adopted a new constitution in 1992, establishing it as a parliamentary democracy with a president who is head of state and a prime minister who heads the government.12345
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