2023 Czech presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic in January 2023, resulting in the election of Petr Pavel.
Incumbent president Miloš Zeman was not eligible to run due to the two-term limit.
Image: Petr Pavel
Image: Andrej Babis at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1)
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Voting in 2023 Czech presidential election, electoral district no. 70, Olomouc
Petr Pavel is a Czech politician and retired army general, currently serving as the president of the Czech Republic since March 2023. Prior to this, he held the position of Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2015 to 2018, and served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces between 2012 and 2015.
Official portrait, 2023
Pavel (4th from left) at the International Special Training Centre in Pfullendorf, Germany in February 2016
Haakon Bruun-Hanssen (left), Norway's Chief of Defence, in a discussion with Pavel in 2016
Pavel during a rally in support of Ukraine in Brno, March 2022