Education

Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC, Master’s degree

Charles University, Institute of International Studies, Prague, Bachelor’s degree

 

Career

2022 - present Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of the Czech Republic to the United Nations in New York

2021 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

2018 – 2021 Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic

2016 – 2018 Independent Consultant

2014 – 2016 Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

2014 Deputy Minister, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic

2013 – 2014 Advisor to the Minister on foreign affairs and security issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

2012 – 2013 Advisor to the Deputy-Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic

2011 European Commission, Brussels (Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy)

2009 – 2010 Analyst, Eurasian Strategy Project, Washington, DC

2007 – 2012 Research Fellow and Analyst, Association for International Affairs, Prague

2004 – 2005 Analyst, NATO Information Center, Prague

 

Additional Information

Published extensively on foreign and security policy (both in Czech and English)

Married, one daughter