Bohuslav Sobotka (born October 23, 1971 in Telnice) is currently acting head 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 currently serving as interim head of the CSDP before new elections, a position he also held briefly in 2006.

Bohuslav (Ukrainian: Богуслав) is a city on the Ros' River in Kiev Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Bohuslavskyi Raion. The population is 17,135 (2001).

Michal Hašek (born on 17 April 1976 in Brno) is a Czech politician and the current Governor of South Moravia. He's also been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2002. Hašek is a member of the Social Democratic Party and the current Chairman of the Social Democratic Caucus in the Chamber.

In the shadow cabinet of former Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek he's the shadow Minister of Agriculture.

He's a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University. Hašek is married and has one daughter.

Vladimír Špidla (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvlaɟɪmiːr ˈʃpɪdla]) (born 22 April 1951 in Prague) is a Czech politician, currently president of Czech social democratic think-tank Masaryk Democratic Academy. He served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from July 2002 to June 2004. Then Vladimír Špidla was appointed to the European Commission as Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.

Špidla studied history at Charles University of Prague. His thesis was Založení Živnostenské banky (Establishment of the Trading Bank). After his graduation in 1976, he took up a number of jobs including menial as he refused to fulfil political obligations necessary for better-qualified ones; he also worked as an archaeologist. He is married for the second time; Špidla has two sons from his first marriage and another two children acquired by marriage. His hobbies include cross-country and marathon running. He speaks German and French, but his English is weaker; this was used to doubt his qualification for the European Commission.