New Czech Foreign Minister: Babiš’ cleaner | EUROtoday

To describe Karel Havlíček because the right-hand man of the brand new Czech Prime Minister would in all probability be an understatement. For Andrej Babiš, the Minister of Industry and Trade just isn’t solely the primary deputy within the cupboard and due to this fact the second strongest man within the authorities. While Babiš, the dazzling billionaire and founding father of the ANO get together, has his ear near the folks, consistently modifications his positions and isn’t afraid of provocation, Havlíček stays the strong cleaner who patiently explains the background and maintains good relations in all instructions.

For this he receives recognition even from his political opponents. Perhaps Havlíček, who was born in Budweis in 1969, is an important a part of the success of Babiš, who has now turn out to be head of presidency in Prague for the second time.

Before turning into a politician, the daddy of two youngsters first studied civil engineering and later acquired a doctorate in economics. He rapidly rose by the ranks in an electronics firm within the Nineteen Nineties, however after the corporate went bankrupt he was additionally hit with accusations.

Havlíček, who says he speaks seven languages, together with some Chinese, acquired again up and labored his option to the highest of a buying and selling and expertise group, of which he ultimately took over the bulk. He additionally led the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises till Babiš introduced him into the cupboard throughout his first time period in authorities in 2019 – first as Minister of Industry, and shortly afterwards with the transport division.

Havlíček is an avowed supporter of rock and people music. He often writes in music magazines and maintains a report assortment. But he’s additionally keen about his job. In a private dialog, it is laborious to cease him as he recites his financial program, with which he desires to get the Czech Republic again on the highway to success, in sentences prepared for printing and with nice ardour for the main points. He want to have good relations with the CDU and CSU in Germany, although Babiš had led the ANO into the camp of Viktor Orbán’s European right-wing populists. Previously, the ANO belonged to the group of European liberals.

Once the troublesome subjects are over, he likes to modify to German, which he has a reasonably strong command of. He then raves about how, as a younger man, he visited his sister in Munich and skilled the upswing that started for the town on the time of Franz Josef Strauss and which led it to the booming expertise metropolis it’s at the moment. That’s precisely what he needed to attain in his homeland, in accordance with his dream.