Jan Fischer and his cross-party government replaced the ousted center-right cabinet of Mirek Topolanek during the weekend.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

The government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote in March.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

In particularly blunt criticism, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek of the Czech Republic, which currently holds the EU presidency, blasted the Obama administration's stimulus plan as "a way to hell" and a threat to world financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

Outgoing Prime Minister Jan Fischer took over in May 2009 after the Civic Democrat leader at the time, Mirek Topolanek, was ousted during the Czech Republic's EU presidency.

BBC: Petr Necas in Prague, 28 June 2010

Over dinner, leaders were briefed about the possibility of a fresh legal challenge to Lisbon in the Czech Republic, currently run by an interim government of technocrats after the elected government of Mirek Topolanek fell earlier this year.

ECONOMIST: European politics