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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Jan Lopatka

Czech presidential election pits combative ex-PM against ex-general

FILE PHOTO: Czech presidential candidates attend a final televised debate, ahead of a direct presidential election that will start on January 13, in Prague, Czech Republic January 8, 2023. REUTERS/David W Cerny

The Czech Republic's presidential election this weekend pits a retired general, a billionaire ex-prime minister and an economics professor in a battle to replace Milos Zeman, the retiring heavyweight of the country's post-communist era.

Andrej Babis, the former government head who now leads the opposition, would bring policy clashes with the Central European country's centre-right cabinet and is likely to maintain his friendly relations with Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.

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