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György Droppa (born 17 September 1947) is a Hungarian politician and economist. He studied at the Karl Marx University of Economics Sciences in Budapest, after which he started his career in the catering industry and in many hotels. In 1982, he opened his first restaurant (Fondue Bar) on Keleti Károly Street in Budapest, which became a popular meeting place for members of the “democratic opposition.” By 1988, he had established three other catering businesses (the Jókai Club, the Katlan Club, and the Virányos Club), where several opposition events took place. Droppa joined the Danube Circle (Duna Kör) in 1985. The Circle was a non-governmental organization in opposition to the government’s project to construct a River Barrage Dam near Nagymaros. In 1991, he became the deputy ambassador of the organization. He joined the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) in 1989. He was a founding member of the reestablished Hungarian Catering Corporation. After the change of regimes, Droppa served as the leader of several extra-parliamentary political parties. In 1991, he became a member of the presidency of the Trade Corporation of the Hungarian Catering Industry. He also served as the Director of ISTER, the East European Environmental Research Foundation, between 1993 and 1997.

Jaroslav Drábek Jr was a lawyer, journalist and participant in the resistance movement against Nazism. He graduated from Charles University’s Law Faculty in 1923. During the Second World War, Jaroslav Drábek was a member of the resistance organization Politické ústředí (Political Headquarters). In addition, he was a close associate of Professor Vladimír Krajina, one of the leading figures of the then illegal resistance organization Ústřední vedení odboje domácího – ÚVOD (Central Leadership of the Home Resistance Movement). For his activities, he was imprisoned in the concentration camp at Auschwitz. After the Second World War, he was appointed Chief Public Prosecutor of the Special People's Court for Punishing German War Criminals and Collaborators. In Warsaw and Krakow, Drábek Jr appeared as a witness in the trials of the commander and guards at Auschwitz. Following the coup in February 1948, Jaroslav Drábek Jr emigrated with his family. They first lived in the US occupied zone in Bavaria for several months before settling in the United States. There he worked as an editor at Voice of America, and was also a member of the Holocaust Memorial Commission set up by President Carter.

In addition, she is the coordinator of the MA program in Gender Studies and director of the Center for Gender and Politics at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. Duhaček is also the director of the course in Feminist Criticism at Inter-University Centre (IUC) Dubrovnik. Her research areas are feminist theory and political philosophy. Her key publications include “Women’s Time in Former Yugoslavia” (in Gender Politics and Post Communism, New York, 1993); “Belgrade Women’s Studies Centre” in European Journal of Women’s Studies, SAGE, (London 1998); The Captives of Evil: The Legacy of Hannah Arendt (co-edited with Obrad Savić, Belgrade, 2002); “The Making of Political Responsibility: The Case of Serbia” (in Women and Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe (Burlington, 2006); The Burden of Our Times (Belgrade, 2010); “Questioning Authority in the Singular” in European Journal of Women’s Studies, SAGE (London, 2011); “Classic Liberal Feminism” and “Gender and Identity” in Introduction to Gender Theories (Novi Sad, 2011).

She has taught at Rutgers University, USA, and Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, among many others.