The Czech Republic’s president has sworn in Andrej Babiš as the country’s new prime minister after October’s parliamentary election
Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš was sworn in Tuesday as the Czech Republic’s new prime minister, following October’s parliamentary election, in a return to power for the businessman.
Babiš, who was previously prime minister from 2017-2021, promised Czechs that he “will fight for their interests at home and anywhere in the world” and will do his utmost for the Czech Republic to become “the best place for life on earth.”
President Petr Pavel swore in Babiš as prime minister. Pavel had asked him to form a new government after his ANO, or YES, movement won big in the Oct. 3-4 ballot and agreed to form a majority coalition government with two other small political groups, the Freedom and Direct Democracy anti-migrant party and the right-wing Motorists for Themselves.
