Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Sobotka na Telnice ma n'oge na-adịghị anya, ya na ezinụlọ ya kwagara Slavkov u Brna. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ iwu na Mahadum Masaryk dị na Brno wee nweta akara ugo mmụta magister na 1995. Mgbe ndị
ọdịda nke ọchịchị Kọmunist o nyere aka wughachi Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) wee bụrụ onye otu. Sobotka sokwa hiwe Young Social Democrats, ngalaba ndị ntorobịa nke ČSSD. A họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye nnọchi anya ụlọ omebe iwu na ntuli aka nke 1996.