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Former PM Zeman to take helm of Czech Republic

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January 27, 2013, 12:04 am TWN

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PRAGUE -- Leftist former Premier Milos Zeman beat conservative rival Karel Schwarzenberg in the Czech Republic's first-ever direct presidential election Saturday to replace euroskeptic Vaclav Klaus, election results showed with 94 percent of voting districts counted.

The Czech Statistical Office said Zeman, 68, garnered 55.7-percent support against 44.3 percent for the 75-year-old aristocratic Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg.

Czech presidents do not wield much day-to-day power but represent the country abroad and appoint prime ministers, central bankers and judges.

Zeman served as Social Democrat prime minister in 1998-2002. He is credited with privatizing the main banks and attracting foreign investment during his premiership. Opponents criticize his friendship with former communist officials.

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