Proposed industry minister Jiří Havlíček expects official appointment next week

President Miloš Zeman will appoint deputy minister Jiří Havlíček as the new minister of industry and trade next week. Havlíček announced the news following a meeting with the head of state on Monday. He said that the president’s priorities in the sector echoed those which he announced last week. Havlíček was unveiled as the proposed new minister last week. The appointment follows the sacking of previous minister Jan Mládek at the end of February after a fall out with the prime minister over how to curb high mobile data charges. Prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka temporarily appointed himself stopgap industry and trade minister after the dismissal.

Author: Chris Johnstone