H.E. Mr. Pavel Procházka

Date of birth: 3rd May, 1969
Civil status: Married to Mrs Kateřina Procházková, one daughter

Professional career

• 2018 -2021 Deputy Director, Department of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (MFA), Prague;
• 2015-2017 Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Moscow, Russia;
• 2011-2015 Consul General of the Czech Republic in São Paulo, Brazil;
• 2009-2011 Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize with the residence in San José, Costa Rica;
• 2007-2009 Director, Secretariat for the Czech Presidency in the EU Council, MFA, Prague;
• 2002-2006 Counsellor – Deputy Head of the Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Brasília, Brazil;
• 1999-2001 Counsellor – Deputy Head of the Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Harare, Zimbabwe;
• 1998-1999 Deputy Director, Department of Sub-Saharan Africa, MFA, Prague; 
• 1995-1998 Chargé d’affaires a.i., Embassy of the Czech Republic in Kinshasa, Zaire/Democratic Republic of the Congo;
• 1994-1995 Third Secretary, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Dakar, Senegal;
• 1993-1994 Desk Officer, Department of Sub-Saharan Africa, MFA, Prague