(Left) Zeman and rival (Right) Schwarenberg.
(Jan. 26) President-Elect Milos Zeman won the first ever citizen popular vote in the nation's post Velvet revolution history.
Zeman recorded a nearly 58 percent total of the second-round voting over rival Karel Schwarzenberg with 45%.
Zeman, the former Prime Minister, brings with him an anti-austerity, leftist agenda. Zeman, who describes himself as a "Euro-Federalist", will take the oath of office on March 8, 2013. The Czech presidency is largely a ceremonial role, with powers focused on the appointing of the Prime Minister and high judges.
-Pete
Zeman recorded a nearly 58 percent total of the second-round voting over rival Karel Schwarzenberg with 45%.
Zeman, the former Prime Minister, brings with him an anti-austerity, leftist agenda. Zeman, who describes himself as a "Euro-Federalist", will take the oath of office on March 8, 2013. The Czech presidency is largely a ceremonial role, with powers focused on the appointing of the Prime Minister and high judges.
-Pete
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