Mgr. Jiří ŠLAIS was appointed Director General of the Legal and Consular Section on September 1, 2025.

 

Work Experience

September 2021 – August 2025:              Director of the Legal and Legislative Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague

August 2018 – August 2021:                      Head of the Legislative Unit, Legal and Legislative Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague

August 2013 – August 2018:                      Deputy Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France

July 2012 – August 2013:                            Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague

August 2010 – July 2012:                            Head of the Privileges and Immunities Working Group, Diplomatic Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague

February 2006 – August 2010:                Deputy Consul General and Head of the Consular Section, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Toronto, Canada

October 2005 – February 2006:             Deputy Consul General, Head of the Consular Section, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Montreal, Canada

September 2003 – October 2005:          Lawyer in the Legal and Legislative Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague

September 2002 – July 2003:                Trainee lawyer, Vaško & Partners Law Firm, Prague

Education
Faculty of Law, Major in Law and Legal Studies, Mgr. degree, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, 1997 – 2002
Faculty of Humanities, Major in Philology (Translation and Interpreting), Bc. Degree,
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, 1998 – 2001

Languages
English, French – C1
German, Spanish – B1