2003 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election

The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election of 2003 was held on 30 March 2003. The incumbent leader Vladimír Špidla was re-elected.

His rivals were Jiří Rusnok, Jana Volfová and Josef Dobrý. Volfová and Dobrý withdrew from election before the voting started and endorsed Rusnok.

Candidates

 * Vladimír Špidla, the incumbent leader of ČSSD and the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
 * Jiří Rusnok, former Minister of Finance

Declined

 * Stanislav Gross – Gross was rumoured to be a candidate. Some organisations proclaimed their support for his possible candidacy. He himself said that he would run for the position in 2006.