Mayors and Independents nominate Karlovy Vary governor as Minister for Regional Development

The leadership of the Mayors and Independents Party has nominated outgoing Karlovy Vary Region governor Petr Kulhánek to head the Ministry for Regional Development. This decision was made during a meeting in the Chamber of Deputies. The ministerial post became vacant after Ivan Bartoš (Pirates) was dismissed on September 30 due to issues with the digitalization of construction processes, following a proposal by Prime Minister Petr Fiala (Civic Democratic Party). The Pirates, viewing Bartoš's dismissal as a breach of the coalition agreement, left the government, and the ministry was allocated to Mayors and Independents Party. Kulhánek is set to meet with Prime Minister Fiala on Friday and with President Petr Pavel on Monday, along with Lukáš Vlček, the same party's nominee for the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Both are expected to be appointed by the president on Tuesday morning.