He beat out Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg with a fifty-five to forty-five percent vote.
A former Prime Minister, Zeman becomes the first popularly elected President of the Czech Republic.
In the Czech Republic, the President doesn't have the same level of power, as does the US President.
The Czech President is the face of the country and appoints constitutional court and central bank candidates, but does not really have any other powers.
Despite that, Zeman is expected to try and influence his country into closer ties with the EU.
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