Miloš Zeman

Miloš Zeman
Miloš Zeman
3rd President of the Czech Republic
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 March 2013
Prime Minister	Petr Nečas; Jiří Rusnok; Bohuslav Sobotka; Andrej Babiš; Petr Fiala
Preceded by	Václav Klaus
Succeeded by	Petr Pavel (elect)
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	28 September 1944 (age 78); Kolín, Bohemia and Moravia; (now Czech Republic)
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".