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Bohuslav Sobotka

prime minister of Czech Republic

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Bohuslav Sobotka served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic. He faced a leadership challenge within the Czech Social Democratic Party prior to coalition talks following the 2013 parliamentary elections. The Czech Republic became an independent nation on January 1, 1993, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Václav Klaus served as prime minister following the country's establishment, and later became president. Milo\u0161 Zeman was elected president in 2013, and Andrej Babi\u0161 served as prime minister from 2017 to 2021, beginning a second term in 2025.123

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