H.E. Mr. Jaroslav Kurfürst, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Belgium
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Jaroslav Kurfürst joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in 1997. Before being appointed to his current position in 2014, Ambassador Jaroslav Kurfürst served as General Director for European Affairs (2011-2014) and as Director of Security Policy Department (2004-2005) and Common Foreign and Security Policy Department (2009-2011) at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His foreign service career includes also different diplomatic posts at the Czech Embassies in Moscow and Washington.
H. E. Ambassador Jaroslav Kurfürst
Born 27 January 1970
| Education Background | |
| 1988 – 1993 | Master degree in Geography and Physical Education at the University of Ostrava |
| 1993 – 1996 | Master degree in French language at the University of Hradec Králové |
| 2011 – 2017 |
Doctoral Degree in Cultural and Political Geography at the University of Ostrava |
| Career | |
| 1997 | Assistant, Department of French language at the University of Hradec Králové |
| 1997 – 1998 | Diplomatic Academy, Czech MFA |
| 1998 – 1999 | Security Policy Department Czech MFA |
| 1999 – 2003 | Second Secretary, Czech Embassy in Moscow |
| 2003 – 2004 | Deputy Director, Security Policy Department, Czech MFA |
| 2004 – 2005 | Director, Security Policy Department, Czech MFA |
| 2005 – 2009 | Deputy Chief of Mission, Czech Embassy in Washington D.C. |
| 2009 – 2011 | Director, Common Foreign and Security Policy Department, Czech MFA |
| 2011 – 2014 | Director General, Europe Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Czech Republic |
| 2014 – | Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Belgium |
Fluent in French, English and Russian, level B2 in German.
Married, has two sons.