In order to render the image of the members of the elites and to answer who these persons are, we have conveyed in-depth interviews with 42 individuals who we identified as a former or contemporary representative of the elite. Twenty-five of them belong exclusively to the contemporary category [2005-onwards], while seventeen represented the elite 1985-1990, even though some of them had maintained their position today or have gained an elite position in different field (for instance, one representative of the former political elite today is a successful entrepreneur). In total, five interviewees belonged to more than one category – the most frequent crossover being the one between the political and the academic/cultural elite. Only five of the interviewees were female – even though we tended to provide a better gender balance, the fact that especially in the socialist times, but today as well, women were rarely in high positions delimited our possibilities. Out of all categories, the least represented was the one of the former economic elite.
