Bohuslav Sobotka

Bohuslav Sobotka
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
In office 29 January 2014 – 6 December 2017
President	Miloš Zeman
Preceded by	Jiří Rusnok
Succeeded by	Andrej Babiš
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 29 May 2010 – 18 February 2018 Acting: 29 May 2010 – 21 March 2011
Preceded by	Jiří Paroubek
Succeeded by	Jan Hamáček
In office 26 April 2005 – 13 May 2006 Acting
Preceded by	Stanislav Gross
Succeeded by	Jiří Paroubek
Minister of Finance
In office 12 July 2002 – 4 September 2006
Prime Minister	Vladimír Špidla Stanislav Gross Jiří Paroubek
Preceded by	Jiří Rusnok
Succeeded by	Vlastimil Tlustý
Member of Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 1996
Personal details
Born	(1971-10-23) 23 October 1971 Telnice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	Masaryk University

Bohuslav Sobotka (born October 23, 1971 in Telnice) is a Czech politician. He served as chairman of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) since 2011. He was nominated to be the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on 17 January 2014 by President Miloš Zeman. He was soon chosen as Prime Minister on 29 January 2014. His term ended on 6 December 2017

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