Former Chief of General Staff Petr Pavel received 58.32 percent of the votes in the second round of the presidential election in Czech and became the country’s fourth president. Pavel will take over the presidency from Milos Zeman on March 8. Former PM Andrej Babis received 41.67 percent of the vote.

In the country where there are approximately 8 million 250 thousand voters, the voter turnout rate was announced as 70.25 percent, reaching the highest level since 2013. Petr Pavel, on the other hand, became the president with the most votes in the history of the country, with 3 million 358 thousand 926 votes.

Pavel served as Chief of General Staff in Czechia between 2012 and 2015, and between 2015-2018 he was the head of NATO military command.