Jiri Rusnok Named New Czech Prime Minister -Tuesday June 25,2013

Czech President Milos Zeman has appointed Jiri Rusnok as the prime minister on Tuesday June 25,2013 after his predecessor,Petr Necas, resigned over a bribery scandal involving a close aide

Ex-PM Petr Necas quit last week when prosecutors charged his chief of staff with corruption and abuse of power. 

The outgoing centre-right coalition had put forward parliamentary speaker Miroslava Nemcova as new prime minister.

The main opposition parties, the center-left Social Democrats and far-left Communists, want an early election

Under the Czech constitution, the president is under no obligation to respect parliament's wishes.Zeman defied both sides and seized the initiative in the political vacuum by appointing his ex-finance minister to form a so-called "government of experts".Rusnok, 52, served as finance minister in Mr Zeman's government in 2001-2002 and became an economic advisor to the president after his landslide election victory in January.