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Ambassador Josef Rychtar - 2009 - 2014

Josef Rychtar

Photo of the Ambassador in Press Quality, Author: MFA ČR - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

EDUCATION

1993 - 1994
Diplomatic Academy in Vienna (Austria)

1978 - 1983
Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic), specialization Applied geophysics (Radiometry, Gravimetry, Magnetometry, Seismic). Awarded the title of Doctor of Natural Sciences.



EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

October 2009
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Republic of the Philippines

December 2006 - October 2009
Director of Middle East and Africa Department

January 2002 - December 2006
Ambassador Extraordinary  and  Plenipotentiary  of  the  Czech Republic  to the Republic of Colombia and to the Republic of Ecuador

March 1998
Appointed by Secretary-General of the United Nation Organization Mr. Kofi Annan as senior diplomat available for service in the Special Group of UNSCOM and IAEA established pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between UNO and the Republic of Iraq as special envoy of UNO

November 1996 - November 2001
Ambassador   Extraordinary   and   Plenipotentiary   of   the Czech  Republic to the  State of  Kuwait and Qatar

February 1996 - November 1996
Middle East and Africa Department

August 1993 - February 1996
Diplomatic Protocol, Acting Director

MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER IN KUWAIT           

May 1992 - May 1993
Groundwater Project Department as a geophysicist.  

GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE IN BRNO

July 1983 - April 1992
Senior geophysicist in Gravimetry and Magnetometry department.



PERSONAL REMARKS

Language abilities: Czech, Slovak, English, Spanish and partly French and German.

Awarded highest decoration of the Republic of Colombia (Orden de Boyacá en el grado de Gran Cruz).