Bohuslav Sobotka

Bohuslav Sobotka (2015)

Bohuslav Sobotka (born October 23, 1971 in Telnice u Brna ) is a Czech politician of the social democratic ČSSD . He was Minister of Finance from 2002 to 2006, Chairman of his party from 2011 to 2017 and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from January 2014 to December 2017 .

biography

In 1985–1990 he attended high school in Bučovice and 1990–1995 the law faculty of Masaryk University in Brno . He has been a member of the ČSSD since 1989 .

He is also interested in history, travel, film and science fiction literature. He is married and has two sons.

Political activity

In 1996 he was elected to the Czech Parliament for the first time , the second time in the 1998–2002 legislative period . From 1996–1998 he was a member of the Mandate and Immunity Committee , 1998–2001 Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Financial and Capital Markets and the State Budget Committee .

From May 2001 to July 2002 he acted as parliamentary group leader of the ČSSD parliamentary group and chairman of the temporary commission of the House of Representatives for pension reform. Since November 1998 he has been a member of the city council in Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz). From July 15, 2002 to August 4, 2004 he held the position of finance minister in the government of his party colleague Vladimír Špidla , which he retained in the subsequent government of Stanislav Gross . In October 2003 he was also appointed Deputy Prime Minister by Gross, responsible for reforming public finances. On April 25, 2005, he was reappointed finance minister in the Paroubek government.

After the ČSSD had to relinquish government responsibility in September 2006, Sobotka became a member of the shadow cabinet of opposition leader Jiří Paroubek and became chairman of the finance committee of the Czech House of Representatives. On January 1st, 2009 he took over the chairmanship of the ČSSD parliamentary group again. After the poor performance of the Social Democrats in the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic in 2010 on May 29 and the resignation of Chairman Paroubek, Sobotka took over as the first deputy chairman of the party. On March 18, 2011 he was elected chairman of the party at the party conference in Brno. On March 15, 2013 he was confirmed in his office at a party congress with around 84% of the delegate's votes.

After successfully fending off an attempt to lose his political power, which was launched from among his opponents in the leadership of the ČSSD after the parliamentary elections in October 2013 with the support of President Miloš Zeman , Sobotka von Zeman was founded on November 12, 2013 new Czech government. He was sworn in on January 17, 2014 and his cabinet was sworn in on January 29, 2014 , a three-party coalition with Andrej Babiš's populist party ANO and the Christian Democratic KDU-ČSL .

After allegations of tax fraud against his finance minister Andrej Babiš, Sobotka announced his resignation on May 2, 2017. He withdrew this three days later, instead he wanted to work towards the deposition of Babiš. On June 14, 2017, Sobotka resigned as party leader of the ČSSD and renounced the top candidacy for the 2017 parliamentary elections , but remained head of government until his successor Andrej Babiš took office.

literature

Bohuslav Sobotka , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 08/2014 from February 18, 2014, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

Commons : Bohuslav Sobotka - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website

Individual evidence

↑ [1] The standard of May 30, 2010: Center-right coalition wins majority
↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Message on the homepage of Radio Prague , March 15, 2013 @1@ 2
^ Frankfurter Rundschau: Czech Prime Minister Sobotka announces his resignation. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
↑ Czech Republic: Prime Minister Sobotka rows back from his resignation. Die Presse, May 5, 2017, accessed the following day.
↑ Czech Prime Minister Sobotka resigns as party leader. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (online, dpa news channel). June 14, 2017, accessed August 27, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sobotka, Bohuslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech politician (ČSSD); former prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Telnice u Brna

[1] [1] The standard of May 30, 2010: Center-right coalition wins majority

[2] Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Message on the homepage of Radio Prague , March 15, 2013 @1@ 2

[3] Frankfurter Rundschau: Czech Prime Minister Sobotka announces his resignation. Retrieved May 2, 2017.

[4] Czech Republic: Prime Minister Sobotka rows back from his resignation. Die Presse, May 5, 2017, accessed the following day.

[5] Czech Prime Minister Sobotka resigns as party leader. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (online, dpa news channel). June 14, 2017, accessed August 27, 2020 .