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Personal details

Czech

Born May 24, 1962 in Sokolov, Czech Republic

Married, 3 children

Current duties

Since February 2010: Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy

Political career

May 2009 – November 2009: Czech European Affairs Minister

2001 – 2002: Czech First Deputy Defence Minister

Professional career

2005 – 2009: Czech Permanent Representative to NATO

2003 – 2005: Czech Ambassador to the UK

1998 – 2001: Czech Ambassador to Lithuania (2000 – 2001 NATO Contact Point Embassy in Lithuania)

1996 – 1998: Director, Security Policy Dept., Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1995 – 1996: Director, United Nations Dept., Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1994 – 1995: Czech Delegation Member and Alternate Representative to the UN Security Council

1990 – 1995: First Secretary, Czechoslovakian (later Czech) Permanent Delegation at the UN

1987 – 1990: Desk Officer, United Nations Dept., Czechoslovakian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Honours

2008: Golden Lime Tree of Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic

2002: Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, 3rd Class

2002: Cross of Merit of Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, Grade I.

Education

1988: UN disarmament study program

1981 – 1986: Moscow State Institute of International Relations

1980 – 1981: Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague

Languages

Czech: mother tongue

English and Russian: thorough knowledge

French and German: basic knowledge