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Danuše Nerudová would be the country's first ever female president (the Czech Republic has never had a female prime minister either), and she would be its youngest ever head of state, at 44 this month (Photo: Wikimedia)

A troubled past hangs over Czech presidential election

The Czech Republic will go to the polls on 13 January in the first round of presidential elections, with a second round run-off due two weeks later. The result will say a lot about Czechs' vision for their future, as well as their relationship with a troubled past. \n \nThree candidates stand out as favourites, and each embodies different notions of Czech identity. Polls show former prime minister Andrej Babiš, retired army chief Petr Pavel, and former university head Danuše Nerudová closely-...

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William Nattrass is a Prague-based British journalist and Visegrád Four current affairs commentator, who has written for the Independent, the Spectator and Cap X.

Danuše Nerudová would be the country's first ever female president (the Czech Republic has never had a female prime minister either), and she would be its youngest ever head of state, at 44 this month (Photo: Wikimedia)

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William Nattrass is a Prague-based British journalist and Visegrád Four current affairs commentator, who has written for the Independent, the Spectator and Cap X.

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