Professional career
1990 – 1993: Public Exam (B.A. level), Political Science, Charles University Prague
Since Sept 2019: Special Representative of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs for
Resilience and New Threats
Sep 2012 – Jul 2019: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to
NATO
Nov 2010 – Aug 2012: First Deputy Minister of Defence, Czech Republic
Oct 2007 – Oct 2010: NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and
Planning
Jan 2007 – Aug 2007: Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Czech Republic
Sep 2006 – Jan 2007: Minister of Defence, Czech Republic
Oct 2004 – Aug 2006: Professor of Central European Security Studies at G. C. Marshall
European Center for Security Studies, Germany
1998- 2004: Director of Institute of International Relations (Czech Ministry of Foreign
Affairs think-tank)
Education
1995 – 1999: Ph.D., Political Science, Charles University Prague
1993 – 1994: M.A., War Studies, King’s College London
