Miloš Zeman
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Miloš Zeman | |
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3rd President of the Czech Republic | |
Assumed office 8 March 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Petr Nečas Jiří Rusnok Bohuslav Sobotka |
Preceded by | Václav Klaus |
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic | |
In office 22 July 1998 – 15 July 2002 | |
President | Václav Havel |
Preceded by | Josef Tošovský |
Succeeded by | Vladimír Špidla |
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 27 June 1996 – 17 July 1998 | |
President | Václav Havel |
Preceded by | Milan Uhde |
Succeeded by | Václav Klaus |
Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
In office 28 February 1993 – 7 April 2001 | |
Preceded by | Jiří Horák |
Succeeded by | Vladimír Špidla |
Personal details | |
Born | Kolín, Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 28 September 1944
Political party | Communist Party (1968–70) Social Democratic Party (1992–2009) Party of Civic Rights (2009–present) |
Alma mater | University of Economics, Prague |
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Miloš Zeman (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈzɛman] ( listen); born 28 September 1944) is a Czech politician. He became the third President of the Czech Republic on 8 March 2013. Before he was President, Zeman served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002. He describes himself as a "tolerant atheist".
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Media related to Miloš Zeman at Wikimedia Commons
- Curriculum Vitae at the website of the Prague Castle
- Miloš Zeman on IMDb
- Miloš Zeman at the website of the Government of the Czech Republic (in Czech)