Bohuslav Sobotka (born October 23, 1971 in Telnice) is the leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party. He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1996, becoming President of the Parliament in 2001. In 2002, Sobotka entered the cabinet as Minister of Finance, where he stayed until 2006. Sobotka also was Deputy Prime Minister from 2003–04 and 2005-06. In addition to remaining in Chamber of Deputies, Sobotka is party leader of the CSDP. He served as interim leader after the resignation of Jiří Paroubek following the elections in May 2010. On 21 of March 2011 Sobotka was officially elected party chairman. Sobotka also briefly served as interim chairman in 2006, after the resignation of Stanislav Gross. - Source: Wikipedia
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