Charles University professor Milena Králíčková has been elected the next rector of Charles University. She becomes the first woman in the history of the school to hold the top post.
On Friday, she was elected in the first round of voting, finishing comfortably ahead of the only other candidate, the former dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Michal Stehlík. Králíčková, the head of the Dept. of Histology & Embryology at the Faculty of Medicine in Plzeň, will lead Charles University from 2022 – 2026.
