2018 Czech presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic in January 2018. The first round took place on 12 and 13 January. As no candidate won a majority, a run-off election between the top two candidates, Jiří Drahoš and President Miloš Zeman, was held on 26 and 27 January 2018.
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Michal Horáček was Zeman's leading rival according to polls in 2016 and early 2017
Petitioning for Michal Horáček in Brno.
Miloš Zeman is a Czech politician who served as the third president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023. He also previously served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002. As leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from 1993 to 2001, he is credited with the revival of the party into one of the country's major political forces. Zeman briefly served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1996 to 1998.
Zeman in 2022
Zeman drinking wine and smoking at a public appearance in 2008
Zeman in the Senate of Poland, 24 May 2013
Zeman with Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on 7 September 2018