Andrej Babis

Andrej Babiš is a Czech politician serving as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic since December 2017 and the founding Leader of ANO 2011 since 2012. He previously served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister from 2014 to 2017. Prior to entering politics, he was a businessman.

• Nicknamed the Czech Donald Trump, Andrej Babis was elected prime minister of the Czech Republic in December 2017.
• Prior to the election, he was required to put Agrofert into trusts to comply with a Czech conflict-of-interest law.
• His fortune comes from Agrofert, which operates more than 210 companies in everything from agriculture to renewable energy to media.
• The leader of the political party ANO (which means “Yes”), he gave up daily management of Agrofert in 2013.
• Babis got his start as a fertilizer trader. He also worked in Morocco, where he gained experience with foreign trade.