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Czech president appoints centre-left cabinet


    PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman appointed a new centre-left cabinet on Wednesday, ending seven months of a power vacuum that followed the fall of the previous administration in a corruption scandal last June.

    Zeman appointed ministers from three coalition parties who formed a parliamentary majority after an early election in October. The cabinet, led by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, who was appointed earlier this month, will take power immediately from a caretaker administration.

    (Reporting by Jan Lopatka; Editing by Janet Lawrence)