consul general
Arnošt Kareš
ARNOŠT KAREŠ
Mr. Arnošt KAREŠ assumed his post as the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles on August 21st, 2025 with jurisdiction over the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, as well as U.S. unincorporated territories of American Samoa, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands.
Education:
2003 – Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
1996 – Master´s Degree in Business Economics and Marketing, Management,
Faculty of Business Administration in Karvina, Silesian University, Opava
Professional Career:
2021 - 2025 Consul General of the Czech Republic in New York
2018 – 07/2021 Director of the State Secretary Office and Civil Service Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
2016 – 2017 Head of the Deputy Minister ´s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
2015 – 2016 Services to Exporters Unit, Economic Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
2011 – 2015 Head of Commercial and Economic Section, Embassy of the Czech Republic to the Republic of Turkey, Ankara
2010 – 2011 Deputy Director of General Inspections Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
2008 – 2010 General Inspections Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
2003 – 2008 Head of Financial Section, Embassy of the Czech Republic to Greece, Athens
2001 – 2003 Main Coordinator, NATO Summit Task Force, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
1997 – 2001 Head of Financial Section, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles
As of April 1997 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
1996 – 1997 Executive Assistant to the Director of Logistics, Tesla Television Plc., Roznov pod Radhostem
Languages: Fluent in English and Russian, basics in Modern Gree