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Former Czech foreign minister to become new culture minister
Government crisis recomposed
22 August, 10:28
(AP-ANSA) - PRAGUE - The Czech president has agreed to
appoint a newly proposed candidate for a Cabinet minister,
defusing a dispute that could have caused the government to
fall. President Milos Zeman is ready to appoint former Foreign
Minister Lubomir Zaoralek as the country's new culture minister,
his spokesman says. Since May, Zeman has rejected the original
candidate proposed by the Social Democratic Party, a junior
partner in the governing coalition led by Prime Minister Andrej
Babis. The Social Democrats previously said the appointment of
Michal Smarda, the party's deputy chairman, was a condition for
their staying in the government. But Smarda gave up his
nomination earlier this week and the Social Democrats proposed
Zaoralek on Wednesday. (AP-ANSA).
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