TOP 09 approves Tůma to lead the ballot

The Prague committee of TOP 09 has unanimously approved former head of the central bank Zdeňek Tůma to lead the party’s ballot list in local elections this fall. The position at the top of the ballot effectively makes Mr Tůma the party’s candidate for mayor of Prague. Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, also of TOP 09, also said that he counts on the former bank governor to sit on his economic team. Zdeňek Tůma served as governor of the Czech National Bank from 2000 until June of this year, more than half a year before the end of his term of office.