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Andrej Babiš of the opposition ANO party is appointed as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic for his second non-consecutive term.
2025-12-9

Japanese-born Tomio Okamura of the Freedom and Direct Democracy party is elected president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, marking the first major appointment under prime minister-designate Andrej Babiš's new coalition government.
2025-11-5

Czech president Petr Pavel asks former prime minister Andrej Babiš to form a new government after his party ANO won the most seats in the parliamentary elections earlier this month.
2025-10-27

Former prime minister Andrej Babiš's populist ANO party wins the election with about 35% of the vote but falls short of a majority, prompting him to begin coalition talks with smaller right-wing parties.
2025-10-4

The Czech Statistical Office reports that former NATO Military Committee chair Petr Pavel has been elected president, defeating former prime minister Andrej Babiš with 58 percent of the votes.
2023-01-28

Retired general Petr Pavel and former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš advance to a runoff vote in the Czech presidential election, which will be held on January 27–28.
2023-01-14

The Czech Republic begins a stricter nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš last week with more police officers and soldiers deployed to enforce the restrictions.
2021-03-1

The Czech Republic begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran, with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and World War II veteran Emilie Řepíková among the first people to get vaccinated.
2020-12-27

The second round to elect a third of the Czech Republic's Senate takes place. The first round indicated an electoral victory for Prime Minister Andrej Babiš' party ANO 2011.
2020-10-9

The Czech Republic suspends all schools and bans all events hosting more than 100 people indefinitely in order to contain the virus, according to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.
2020-03-10