Jiří K u d ě l a, PhDr., Ph.D., Ambassador

Date of Birth: February 2, 1960

Place of Birth: Pardubice, Czech Republic

Marital Status: Married, two children

Languages: English, German, Croatian, Italian, Russian, Slovenian

 

Education:

10/1979 - 6/1985    Charles University in Prague, Philosophical Faculty,

                                   Department of Historical Sciences, Dept. of Auxiliary Historical Sciences,

                                   Dept. of Ethnology

Professional career (academic):

9/1994 - 10/1997     Charles University in Prague, Faculty of the Social Sciences,

                                    Department of International Studies

1/1990 — 10/1994   Charles University in Prague, Philosophical Faculty,

                                    Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences

1/1990 — 8/1992     Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Historical Sciences

9/1985 — 6/1990    Archives of the City of Prague

 

Professional career (public servant):

10/2023 -                  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic

                                    to the Republic of Slovenia

3/2019 - 9/2023      Consul General of the Czech Republic in Milan

9/2018 -  3/2019     Adviser to the Director, Central Europe Dept., MFA

8/2014 - 8/2018      Consul General of the Czech Republic in Dresden

9/2009 - 7/2014      Director, Analysis and Policy Planning Dept., MFA

8/2005 - 8/2009     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic

                                     to Bosnia and Herzegovina

4/2004 - 7/2005      Director, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe Dept., MFA

4/2003 - 3/2004      Deputy Director, Analysis and Policy Planning Department,

                                     MFA of the Czech Republic

11/2002 - 3/2003     Office of the President of the Czech Republic, Foreign Affairs Dept.

1/1998 - 10/2002     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic

                                      to the Republic of Croatia

10/1992 - 3/2003     Office of the President of the Czechoslovak/Czech Republic,

                                      Foreign Affairs Department

 

Hobbies:         History, ethnology, tourism, box, skiing