Date of Birth:              10 August 1968

Place of Birth:             Sušice, Czechoslovakia

Marital status:             Married, two daughters

Languages:                   English, Turkish, German, French

 

Education:

1987 - 1993                    M. A. in general history 

1993 - 1998                    M. A. in Turkish Language and Literature 

1998 - 2003                   PhD. in History and Culture of the Middle East 

1996 - 1997                    Tűrkiye, Ankara and Istanbul Universities 

1998 - 1999                   Germany, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 

 

Professional career:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic [since October 2003]

 

09/2024 -                     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Republic of Tűrkiye

10/2021 – 08/2024   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Republic of Iraq

9/2021                          UN and Global Affairs Department

8/2020 - 8/2021        Head of Unit for UNESCO and Global Affairs, UN and Global Affairs

                                       Department

12/2019 - 8/2020      UN and Global Affairs Department

10/2017 - 12/2019     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Islamic Republic of

                                       Afghanistan

8/2016 - 9/2017         Security Policy Department

8/2013 - 8/2016         Embassy of the Czech Republic in Iran, Head of Mission, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.

8/2010 - 7/2013         Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tűrkiye, Deputy Head of Mission

2/2007 - 7/2010         Embassy of the Czech Republic in Croatia, Deputy Head of Mission

1/2006 - 1/2007         Diplomatic Assistant to the Political Director

7/2005 - 12/2005       Embassy of the Czech Republic in United Kingdom, seconded to Foreign and 

                                        Commonwealth Office, UK Presidency at the Council of EU

10/2003 - 6/2005       Dept. for South-East Europe, desk for Tűrkiye, Greece, Cyprus

 

2/1996 - 10/2023       Research fellow at the Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences, Prague

1/1993 - 1/1996           Curator of the library and historical collections at the District Museum

                                       Prague-East

 

Hobbies:                       Mountaineering, running, diving