Karel Schwarzenberg
10.07.2013 / 11:00 | Aktualizováno: 06.03.2017 / 14:46
13/07/2010–10/07/2013 – Minister of Foreign Affairs for TOP 09 party
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OFFICIAL CURRICULUM VITAE:
| 1937 | Born in Prague on December 10, 1937 |
| 1948 | The family was forced to leave to Austria |
| 1957 | Law and Silviculture Studies at the Universities of Vienna, Munich and Graz |
| Since 1965 | Management of family estates in Austria and Bavaria |
| 1967 | Marriage with Dr.Terezia Hardegg |
| 1984–1991 | President of the International Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. In 1989 he received the Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe together with Lech Walesa. |
| 1989 | Return to the homeland |
| January 1, 1990 | Member of the Collegium of Counsellors of President Václav Havel |
| July 11, 1990–July 1992 | Chancellor of President Václav Havel |
| From 1992 | Management of estates in South Bohemia |
| 2002 | Awarded with the Order of T.G.M. 3rd Class |
| December 2004–May 28, 2010 | Senator of the Parliament of the Czech Republic representing the 6th election district |
| Since 2005 | Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly |
| 2005–2007 | Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Committee of the Senate |
| 2006–2007 | Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly |
| January 9, 2007–May 8, 2009 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| Since May 29, 2010 | Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Chamber of Deputies) |
| Since July 13, 2010 | First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| Karel Schwarzenberg has 3 children (Jan /1967/, Anna-Carolina /1968/, and Karel-Filip /1979/). | |