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Tomáš Petříček was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on October 16, 2018.

Date of Birth: September 27, 1981

Tomáš Petříček was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, in charge of setting the overall policy and strategic goals of the Foreign Ministry. He previously served as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs of the Czech Republic.  He is a member of the Czech Social Democratic Party.

Before joining the government, Mr Petříček was a senior advisor in the European Parliament and had a successful career in local government in the City of Prague. He also served as a lecturer in International Political Economy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.

He holds a PhD in International Relations and is fluent in English and conversational in French.

 

Personal data

Mgr. Tomáš Petříček, Ph.D. was born on 27 September 1981.

Education

2006-2014 - Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, PhD in International Relations (research focused on energy policy, sustainable development and political economy; doctoral thesis theme: "The prospects of energy security of the European Union")

2009-2010 University of Warwick, Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations, MA degree in International Political Economy

2008-2009 Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques, Brussels, MA degree in Governance and Development Policy

2005-2006 Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculty of Social Sciences, a study visit under the Erasmus programme

2004-2006 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, MA degree in International Relations

2001-2004 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, BA degree in Politology and International Relations

Professional and public activities

08/2018–10/2018 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy of a Government member

01/2018–07/2018 European Parliament, Advisor to a European Parliament member

05/2017-12/2017 Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Deputy of a Government member

07/2014-5/2017 European Parliament, Advisor to a European Parliament member

11/2013–05/2017 Želivská provozní a.s., member of the Board

11/2013–05/2017 Úpravna vody Želivka a.s., member of the Board

2013–05/2017 Wineproject s.r.o., managing director

2012–2014 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, External lecturer – International Political Economy

2013–2016 Rencar a.s., member/Chair of the Supervisory Board

2012–2013 Prague City Hall, Prague, Office of a full-time member of the Prague City Assembly

 

2010–2011 Prague City Hall, Prague, responsible for European Funds in the office of the Councillor for Social Policy, Housing and EU Funds

2009–2017 self-employed, consultant

2007–2009 European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, assistant to a European Parliament member

2006–2007 Czech Social Democratic Party, Prague, head of the Foreign Affairs unit of the Party

04/2006 Traineeship at the Czech Embassy in Belgium, Brussels

09/2005-02/2006 Traineeship under the Francis Vals Fund programme, European Parliament, PSE group, Brussels, Belgium

2005 Czech Social Democratic Party, Prague, politics officer of the Foreign Affairs unit of the Party

2002–2004 Young Social Democrats, Prague, head of the central secretariat of the Party

Languages

English C1

French B1

Spanish A1