Miloš Zeman Politician

Miloš Zeman (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈzɛman] (13px ); born 28 September 1944) is the third and current President of the Czech Republic, in office since 8 March 2013. Previously he served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002. As leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party during the 1990s, he transformed it into one of the country's major parties. He was Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech parliament, from 1996 to 1998.In January 2013, Zeman was elected as President of the Czech Republic. He is the first directly elected President in Czech history; both of his predecessors, Václav Havel and Václav Klaus, were elected by the Parliament.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 28, 1944
Birth place	Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , Kolín
Religion	Atheism
Education	University of Economics Prague

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Office holder

office	Leader of the Social Democratic Party Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 3rd President of the Czech Republic
party	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Czech Social Democratic Party Party of Civic Rights Civic Forum
president	Václav Havel
prime minister	Bohuslav Sobotka Jiří Rusnok Petr Nečas
successor	Václav Klaus Vladimír Špidla