Ondrej Liska was appointed new education minister of the Czech Republic on Tuesday, when about half of all schools in the country are on strike in protest against the sector's draft budget for next year.
Liska, 30, as a deputy to the Chamber of Deputies and deputy chairman of the Greens party (SZ), replaced Dana Kuchtova who resigned two months ago over criticism of her performance in drawing money from European funds.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who appointed Liska, wished him success in managing the great task in which a number of his predecessors failed.
"Such strikes will not solve the problem, explain this to them," Klaus told Liska.
Liska is the youngest member of the current center-right government of Mirek Topolanek and the second youngest minister in the history of Czech governments.
Topolanek said last week he can see no problem in Liska's age, while Klaus said he would appoint Liska with "shaking" hands.
The same day, teachers from more than half of Czech regional schools protest against low salaries in the sector and a lack of money for teaching aids and teachers' further learning.
Source: Xinhua
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