Former NATO general Petr Pavel becomes new President of Czech Republic

Prague [Czech Republic], January 29 (ANI): Petr Pavel, a former chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military committee, has become the new president of the Czech Republic on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported.

Pavel, 61, defeated billionaire Andrej Babis in a run-off vote to replace controversial President Milos Zeman as he emerged as the new Czech President.

A former military general, Pavel got more than