The Chronicle News Blog: Michigan Professor Loses Longshot Campaign to Be President of Czech Republic
The presidential dreams of a University of Michigan professor ended today, when, after failing to produce a valid ballot in two previous rounds of voting, Czech lawmakers re-elected the incumbent, Vaclav Klaus, to another five-year term as president of the Central European country, Agence France-Presse reported.
The Czech-born academic, Jan Svejnar, is director of the International Policy Center and a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He had mounted what was initially viewed by many as a longshot bid for the Czech presidency.
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