Minister for European Affairs of Czechia

Career and Public Service: 

  • Civic Forum in Hradec Králové: 
  • Founded in November 1989. 
  • Managed the economic section. 
  • Mayor of Hradec Králové: 
  • First post-revolutionary mayor. 
  • Tenure: 1990 – 1998. 
  • Board member and later vice-chairman of the Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic. 
  • UN Mission in Kosovo: 
  • Period: October 1999 – Early 2002. 
  • Role: Reconstruction of Istog and Gjakovä, and development of the Pejë region. 
  • Authored a book “Kosovo” published in 2001 with a foreword by Václav Havel. 
  • Post-war Reconstruction in Iraq: 
  • Period: 2003 onwards. 
  • Role: Establishment of temporary local governments in southern provinces. 
  • Administrative team member and Deputy Director of the Department for Donor Coordination in Baghdad. 
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 
  • OSCE Observer in Ukraine during the Orange Revolution (Autumn 2004). 
  • Embassy in Washington: Head of Commercial and Economic Section (2005 – 2007). 
  • Director of Bilateral Economic Relations and Export Support: 
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2009 – August 2012). 

 

  • Consul General in New York: 
  • Period: 2012 – 2017. 
  • Ambassador to Kuwait and Qatar: 
  • Period: 2017 onwards. 
  • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs: 
  • Period: June 2021 – May 2023. 
  • Minister for European Affairs: 
  • Assumed office: May 2023. 

 

Awards and Medals: 

  • NATO Medal for assistance in the expansion of NATO. 
  • Celestýn Opitz Award for humanitarian and development activities in Kosovo and Iraq, and for lifelong service to people and society. 
  • Golden Memorial Medal of the University Hradec Králové for services to the development of the university. 
  • Bronze and Silver Memorial Medals of Charles University for services to the development of science, culture, and education. 
  • Jan Evangelista Purkyně Memorial Medal of the Military Medical Academy for services to the development of military medical education. 
  • A.G. Bell Medal for the development of telecommunications in the Czech Republic. 
  • Golden Janský Plaque for voluntary blood donation. 

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