Prague, Czech Republic: Retired NATO general Petr Pavel beat a billionaire former prime minister in an election run-off on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) to become the fourth president of the Czech Republic, final results showed.

Pavel, a former paratrooper, won 58.3 percent of votes while Andrej Babis scored 41.7 percent, said the Czech Statistical Office.

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