The current president, Petr Pavel, was sworn into office on 9 March 2023.
Until 2012, presidents were elected by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for a term of five years.
[1] Havel most notably used his English when he gave a speech to a Joint session of the United States Congress on 21 February 1990, which he started in English but continued in Czech after a few sentences, and the speech was translated by Michael Žantovský, then spokesman of Občanské fórum.
Klaus stated that his proficiency with foreign languages was helped by studies of international trade at the Prague University of Economics and Business, where he was required to learn at least three foreign languages.
[4] Pavel reportedly has known English well since his youth, which helps his career in the army as only few people there knew the language.