Miloš Zeman
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".
Miloš Zeman | |
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3rd President of the Czech Republic | |
In office 8 March 2013 – 9 March 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Petr Nečas Jiří Rusnok Bohuslav Sobotka Andrej Babiš Petr Fiala |
Preceded by | Václav Klaus |
Succeeded by | Petr Pavel |
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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In October 2021, Zeman was hospitalized at a military hospital in Prague because of diabetic neuropathy.[1][2]
Miloš Zeman Media
Zeman in the Senate of Poland, 24 May 2013
Zeman with Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on 7 September 2018
Protest against Zeman in Prague, 17 November 2018
2016 demonstration against Zeman and China in Prague with picture of late President Václav Havel and Tibetan religious leader 14th Dalai Lama with flags of Tibet and Taiwan
Zeman and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in a state dinner in honor of Zeman, Jerusalem, Israel, 26 November 2018
Zeman with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on 12 August 2020
Zeman meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 8 May 2015
Czechs showing red cards to the President during the protest named "I Want to Talk to You, Mr. President", on 17 November 2014, the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
References
- ↑ Czech President in intensive care after holding talks on dramatic election
- ↑ "Report: President Zeman's health condition very good – Prague Monitor". Prague Monitor. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
Other websites
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)