Ambassador of the Czech Republic

H.E. Tomas Vyprachticky
The Ambassador-Designate of the Czech Republic to Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Gabon, Central African Republic and Republic of Congo

Tomas Vyprachticky

born March 30, 1978, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Divorced, no children

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

09/2025 – present	Ambassador-Designate of the Czech Republic to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Republic of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Chad, Republic of the Congo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Gabonese Republic and Republic of the Niger
08/2023 – 08/2025	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Middle East and North Africa Department; Head of North Africa Unit
07/2019 – 08/2023	Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad; Deputy Head of Mission/Consul
07/2017 – 06/2019	Embassy of the Czech Republic in Abuja; Deputy Head of Mission/Consul
08/2014 – 07/2017	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Department; Head of Coordination Unit
01/2010 – 08/2014	Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union; National Delegate in several EU Council Working Groups (EU Enlargement, Maghreb and Mashreq, Middle East and Gulf, Eastern Europe and Central Asia)
02/2007 – 12/2009	Office of the Government of the Czech Republic; EU Affairs Section Czech 2009 EU Presidency Team
11/2005 – 01/2007	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; EU Affairs Section – EU Policies Coordination Department
05/2004 – 10/2005	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Communication Strategy Department

 

EDUCATION

10/2004 – 9/2005	Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Individual Diplomatic Training Course
9/1996 – 9/2005	Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences – Political Science and International Relations

 

LANGUAGES

Czech, English, French

 

HOBBIES

History, fiction, calisthenics, endurance running, travel