Karel Schwarzenberg

10.07.2013 / 13:00 | Aktualizováno: 06.03.2017 / 15:46

13/07/2010–10/07/2013 – Minister of Foreign Affairs for TOP 09 party

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OFFICIAL CURRICULUM VITAE:

1937	Born in Prague on December 10, 1937
1948	The family was forced to leave to Austria
1957	Law and Silviculture Studies at the Universities of Vienna, Munich and Graz
Since 1965	Management of family estates in Austria and Bavaria
1967	Marriage with Dr.Terezia Hardegg
1984–1991	President of the International Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. In 1989 he received the Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe together with Lech Walesa.
1989	Return to the homeland
January 1, 1990	Member of the Collegium of Counsellors of President Václav Havel
July 11, 1990–July 1992	Chancellor of President Václav Havel
From 1992	Management of estates in South Bohemia
2002	Awarded with the Order of T.G.M. 3rd Class
December 2004–May 28, 2010	Senator of the Parliament of the Czech Republic representing the 6th election district
Since 2005	Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
2005–2007	Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Committee of the Senate
2006–2007	Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
January 9, 2007–May 8, 2009	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Since May 29, 2010	Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Chamber of Deputies)
Since July 13, 2010	First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Karel Schwarzenberg has 3 children (Jan /1967/, Anna-Carolina /1968/, and Karel-Filip /1979/).

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