Petr Fiala inaugurated as new Czech PM

The Czech president swore in Petr Fiala as the country's new prime minister on Sunday following last month's parliamentary election.

Following the Oct. 8-9 vote, a three-party, liberal-conservative coalition known as Together, composed of Fiala's Civic Democratic Party, Christian Democrats and the TOP 09 party, led with a 27.8% share of the vote. Together teamed up with a center-left liberal coalition made up of the Pirate Party and STAN — a group of mayors and independent candidates — which came in third place with 15.6% of votes.

The new partnership will hold 108 seats in the 200-seat lower house of Parliament. Fiala, 57, who has led the conservative Civic Democratic Party since 2014, is a professor of political sciences. Previously, he served as Education Minister between 2012-2013.