Education: Faculty of Law, Masaryk University (Brno), 1985

Diplomatic Rank: Ambassador, since 2008

Married, three children: Lucie (1986), Benoît (1993), Marien (2002)

 

Professional career

On December 15, 2025 appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

 

September 1 – December 14, 2025

Special Envoy for Relations with Francophone Countries,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

 

2021 – 2025

Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

 

2016 – 2021

Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations in New York

2020 – 2021 Member of the Preparatory Bureau of the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5)

2019 - Vice-Chairman of the UNICEF Bureau

July 2017 - July 2018 - President of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC)

 

2010 – 2016   

Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Republic of France

Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Principality of Monaco

Permanent Delegate of the Czech Republic to the International Organization of the Francophonie

Permanent Delegate of the Czech Republic to UNESCO (2013 - 2016)

Chair of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations UNESCO (2013 - 2015)

 

2007 - 2010

Director of the Diplomatic Protocol Department,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

 

2002 - 2007

Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Kingdom of Sweden

 

2000 - 2002

Director of the Department of the Communications Strategy,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

 

1999 - 2000

Head of Unit, EU Relations Coordination Department,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

 

1995 - 1999

Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the European Union

Enlargement of the European Union; Justice and Home Affairs

 

1994 - 1995

Department of Analysis and Planning,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

 

1990 - 1994

Lawyer - focus on business law, Prague

 

1985 - 1990

Trademarks Office, Prague

 

 

External lecturer 1999-2000 and 2007-2010 at

Institute of West European Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague

Anglo-American University, Prague

College of International and Public Relations, Prague

 

 

State decorations:

Order of the Legion of Honour - Commandeur - for the significant development of Czech-French relations (France 2016)

Order of Saint Charles - Knight Officer - for the significant development of the Czech-Monaco relations (Monaco, 2016)