Czech election winner Fiala to be appointed PM on Nov 26

FILE PHOTO: Leader of Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Together (SPOLU) coalition candidate for prime minister Petr Fiala arrives at a televised debate, ahead of the country's parliamentary election in Prague, Czech Republic October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech President Milos Zeman will appoint centre-right opposition leader Petr Fiala as the new prime minister on Nov. 26 following last month's election, Fiala said after meeting the president on Wednesday.

The Together group led by Fiala and a coalition of the progressive Pirate Party and the centrist Mayors won a parliamentary majority in the Oct 8-9 vote and pledged to replace the outgoing government of Prime Minister Andrej Babis.