5/8/2013 • The Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman appointed University of Defence rector-commandant Bohuslav Přikryl to a general rank on 8 May 2013. A number of dignified guests, such as Czech Parliament Senate chairperson Milan Štěch, Parliament House of Deputies chairperson Miroslava Němcová, Prague’s archbishop Dominik Duka, Minister of Defence Vlastimil Picek, chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Petr Pavel, witnessed the traditional appointing ceremony of new generals.