Populist billionaire Andrej Babis was sworn in as the Czech Republic's new Prime Minister on Tuesday (December 9, 2025), following October's parliamentary election, in a return to power for the businessman.

Mr. Babis, who was previously Prime Minister from 2017 to 2021, promised Czechs that he “will fight for their interests at home and anywhere in the world” and will do his utmost for the Czech Republic to become “the best place for life on earth”. President Petr Pavel swore in Mr. Babis as Prime Minister.

Mr. Pavel had asked him to form a new Government after his ANO or YES movement won big in the October 3 and 4 ballot and agreed to form a majority coalition government with two other small political groups, the Freedom and Direct Democracy anti-migrant party and the right-wing Motoris

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