Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:30:35 +0200Vaclav Klaus takes oath of office as 2nd president in the history of the Czech Republichttps://english.radio.cz/vaclav-klaus-takes-oath-office-2nd-president-history-czech-republic-8071633© 2026 Radio Prague International Former prime minister Vaclav Klaus has been sworn in as the second president in the history of the Czech Republic, and the tenth head of state since 1918 when independent Czechoslovakia was founded. The inauguration ceremony took place at Prague Castle on Friday, with Mr Klaus take the presidential oath shortly after two o'clock local time. In attendance were members of parliament, members of diplomatic circles, foreign guests, as well as former president Vaclav Havel, and the former first lady Dagmar Havlova. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/klaus_inaugurace2.jpg?timestamp=1590256991 Vaclav Klaus takes oath of office as 2nd president in the history of the Czech Republic https://english.radio.cz/vaclav-klaus-takes-oath-office-2nd-president-history-czech-republic-8071633 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9