Former army general Petr Pavel has won the race to become the new president of the Czech Republic, defeating billionaire Andrej Babis in a run-off vote on Saturday.
Pavel, 61, secured more than 58 percent of the vote, the Czech Statistics Office said. Babis, a former prime minister and polarising figure in Czech politics, conceded defeat and offered congratulations to Pavel.
A former chairman of NATO’s military committee, Pavel will replace controversial President Milos Zeman.
Source: www.aljazeera.com
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