PRAUGE, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Czech President Milos Zeman accepted the proposal of appointing Lubomir Zaoralek as new Minister of Culture, the president's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek wrote on Twitter Wednesday.
After the official submission of the proposal by Prime Minister Andrej Babis, the president will meet Zaoralek, Ovcacek tweeted.
Zaoralek's nomination was announced by Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) chairman Jan Hamacek earlier Wednesday and was accepted by the prime minister.
The dispute over the replacement of the culture minister has been lasting for more than three months in the country.
In April, former cultural minister Antonin Stanek dismissed heads of National Gallery and Olomouc Art Museum, triggering criticism from cultural fields. In May, Babis proposed that Stanek be dismissed and CSSD deputy head Michal Smarda as his successor.
Zeman was reluctant to dismiss Stanek at first but eventually did so at the end of July without accepting the nomination of Smarda, saying that he is incompetent for the position. Smarda then gave up the nomination on Monday.
