Tůma likely to head Prague ballot for TOP 09

The former governor of the Czech National Bank, Zdeněk Tůma, will likely top the Prague ballot in local elections for the centre-right TOP 09 party. According to the Czech Press Agency, numerous credible sources including the party spokesman, have confirmed the likelihood of the nomination. Should the party prove capable of repeating its local success in parliamentary elections, local elections would see Mr Tůma in the office of the mayor of Prague. Zdeněk Tůma headed the Czech National Bank for more than ten years before resigning in June. Before that he served as an advisor to the minister of industry and commerce and as the executive director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.