The inauguration of

Petr Pavel Petr Pavel (; born 1 November 1961) is a Czech politician and retired army general, currently serving as the president of the Czech Republic since March 2023. Prior to this, he held the position of Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2 ...

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took place on 9 March 2023 at a ceremonial joint meeting of both chambers of the

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in the

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. This is the seventh inauguration in the history of the independent

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Previous election

The inauguration of Petr Pavel follows the

2023 Czech presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic in January 2023, resulting in the election of Petr Pavel. Incumbent president Miloš Zeman was not eligible to run due to the two-term limit. The first round took place on 13 and 14 Januar ...

, in which Petr Pavel defeated

Andrej Babiš Andrej Babiš (; born 2 September 1954) is a Czech businessman and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as the Finance Minister of the Cze ...

gaining of 58.32% of votes in second round.

Preparations

The preparation of the inauguration was ensured by the Office of the President of the Republic headed by Vratislav Mynář, the Office of the Chamber of Deputies headed by Martin Plíšek and the team of President-elect Petr Pavel led by the future head of the Office of the President of the Republic Jana Vohralíková. The place of inauguration became the Vladislav Hall, in which all Czechoslovak and Czech inaugurations were held since 1934. Originally, the participation of foreign heads of state was intended, but in the end this idea was abandoned.

Inauguration

The inauguration was attended by around 850 guests, mainly deputies and senators of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, members of the

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, former presidents of the republic with their wives and Dagmar Havlová and the President of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic

Pavel Rychetský Pavel Rychetský (born 17 August 1943) is a Czech Republic, Czech lawyer and former politician who was the 3rd President of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. The Senate of the Czech Republic, Senate confirmed him on 16 July 2003 and ...

. The inauguration was also attended by representatives of the judiciary, the academic community, the

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, security forces, diplomatic guests, the family of Petr Pavel and other guests invited by Petr Pavel.

References

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Previous election

Preparations

Inauguration

See also

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