Ambassador of the Czech Republic in London
As of 18 August 2025, the position of Ambassador-Designate of the Czech Republic to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is held by H.E. Václav Bartuška.
H. E. Mr. Václav BARTUŠKA, Ambassador-Designate
Václav Bartuška
Born July 14, 1968, in Praha, then Czechoslovakia
Service in the Czech Government
August 2025
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom
2006 – July 2025
Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
2010 – 2014
Government Plenipotentiary for Expansion of Temelin Nuclear Power Plant, Czech Republic
Service in the European Union
2020 – present
Member (from 2022), Alternate Member (2020-2021) of the Administrative Board of ACER (Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators), EU Agency
Revolution / Service in the Parliament
1989 – 1990
One of the student leaders of the revolution in November 1989; due to previous experience with Secret Police (first detained at 20) elected by Parliament to the Commission investigating the Secret Police.
Disbanding the Secret Police shortly after the Revolution was the best job I ever had.
Teaching
2003 – 2025
New York University (NYU), Prague campus, course “European Security after the Cold War”.
2017 – 2025
Czech Technical University, Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEL ČVUT), course “Energy Security”.
2018 – 2025
College of Europe, course “Energy Diplomacy”.
Schools, scholarships
1987 – 1992
Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences (Master’s Degree)
1994 – 1995
Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, New York, SIPA (School of International and Public Affairs)
1999
Marshall Fellowship
Books
1990
Polojasno (“Partly sunny”) – covers the work on investigating the Secret Police, sold 230.000 copies
1992, 1995, 1997
Three more books
Languages
Czech – native speaker
English, Russian – fluent
German, Spanish – intermediate