Czech president appoints new cabinet

Czech President Milos Zeman appointed a new cabinet on Wednesday. The cabinet, led by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (Social Democrats, CSSD), will take power immediately from a caretaker administration. The move came 95 days after the Czech general elections in October 2013. The lineup of the new Czech coalition government of the Social Democrats (CSSD), ANO movement and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) are: CSSD: Prime Minister: Bohuslav Sobotka Labour and Social Affairs Minister: Michaela Marksova Tominova Minister for Government Legislative Council, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities: Jiri Dienstbier Industry and Trade Minister: Jan Mladek Education Minister: Marcel Chladek Interior Minister: Milan Chovanec Foreign Minister: Lubomir Zaoralek Health Minister: Svatopluk Nemecek ANO 2011: Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy: Andrej Babis Transport Minister: Antonin Prachar Defence Minister: Martin Stropnicky Local Development Minister: Vera Jourova Justice Minister: Helena Valkova Environment Minister: Richard Brabec KDU-CSL: Deputy Prime Minister for Science and Innovations: Pavel Belobradek Culture Minister: Daniel Herman Agriculture Minister: Marian Jurecka.