H. E. Karel Hejč

H. E. Karel Hejč – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Philippines

Date of Birth:           January 15, 1969

Place of Birth:          Jeseník, Czech Republic

Career

24/10/2023 – present     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Republic of the Philippines (with accreditations for the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Nauru and Republic of Palau)

1/2022 – 8/2023              Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (at the rank of Ambassador)

9/2018 – 12/2021            Head of Unit for Eastern and Southern Africa, Department of Sub-Saharan Africa

6/2014 – 8/2018             Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (with accreditations for the Union of the Comoros, Djibouti, South Sudan, Seychelles and Somalia) and Special Representative of the Czech Republic to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

7/2013 - 6/2014              Ambassador in training, Department of Sub-Saharan Africa

7/2011 - 7/2013               Director of the General Inspection and Internal Audit Department

7/2010 – 6/2011             Special Advisor, Department of Human Rights and Transitional Cooperation

3/2005 – 6/2010            Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa, Canada

7/2004 – 2/2005            Advisor, Office of the Deputy Foreign Minister in charge with Bilateral Relations

9/2003 – 6/2004           Advisor, Office of the Deputy Foreign Minister in charge with Legal and Consular Affairs

9/2002 – 1/2005           Assistant Professor and Head of Teaching at the Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (Social Aspects of Human Rights)

9/2002 – 8/2003           Post gradual studies at the Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

9/2000 – 1/2001            External Lecturer at the Anglo-American College in Prague (European Human Rights Law Course)

2/1999 – 8/2002            Director of the Human Rights Department

3/1996 - 1/1999              2nd Secretary Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland (Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs); including

2/1997 - 1/1998              Head of the Office of the President of the 53rd Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

11/1993 - 2/1996            Head of the Human Rights Division of the International Law Department

7/1993 - 10/1993            Desk officer in the Department of Human Rights and Migration

7/1993                               joined the diplomatic service

9/1987 – 8/1988             Exhibition Manager at the Moravian Gallery in Brno

Education

3/1993 – 4/1993             Danish Centre for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark (internship)

9/1988 – 6/1993             Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic (Master of Law, 1993)

Languages:                   English, French, Spanish, German, Russian

Marital Status:            Married, one daughter (* 1999)

Hobbies:                        Mountain climbing, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, traveling, padel, photography