A SHORT PROFILE OF Czech presidential candidate and former NATO general, Petr Pavel, as he pulls ahead of his rival Andrej Babis in the first round of the elections. Pavel scored 35.4 percent, just ahead of Babis with 35.0 percent, while economist Danuse Nerudova came in third with 13.9 percent, according to final results from the Czech Statistical Office. Pavel and babis now enter a run-off on January 27-28 in a bid to become only the fourth president since the Czech Republic. SHORT PROFILE OF PETR PAVEL