Date of Birth:                         August 10, 1968                                                                                             

Place of Birth:                        Sušice

Marital Status                         Married, two daughters

Languages:                             English, Turkish, German, French

                                              

Education

M. A. in history (1993)

M. A. in Turkish Language and Literature (1998)

PhD. in History and Culture of the Middle East (2003)

Stays abroad

Turkey, Ankara and Istanbul Universities (1996-1997)

Germany, University of Munich (1998-1999)

 

Professional career

Curator of the library and historical collections at the District Museum Prague-East [January 1993 – January 1996]

Research fellow at the Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences, Prague [February 1996-September 2003]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic [since October 2003]:

 

October 2003 - June 2005

MFA, Dept. for South-East Europe, desk for Turkey, Greece, Cyprus

 

July 2005 - December 2005

Embassy of the Czech Republic in United Kingdom, seconded to Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Presidency at the Council of EU

 

January 2006 - January 2007

MFA, Diplomatic Assistant to the Political Director

 

February 2007- July 2010

Embassy of the Czech Republic in Croatia, Deputy Head of Mission

 

August 2010 - August 2013

Embassy of the Czech Republic in Turkey, Deputy Head of Mission

 

August 2013 - August 2016

Embassy of the Czech Republic in Iran, Head of Mission, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.

 

August 2016 - September 2017

MFA, Security Policy Department

 

October 2017- December 2019

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

 

December 2019 - August 2020

MFA, UN and Global Affairs Department

 

August 2020 - September 2021

MFA, Head of Unit for UNESCO and Global Affairs, UN and Global Affairs Department

 

October 2021 -

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Republic of Iraq

 

 

Hobbies

Mountaineering, running, diving