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Bruxelles, le 10 septembre 2012 Remplacement du Représentant permanent de la République tchèque auprès de l'Union européenne

Reference: PRES/12/369 Event Date: 10/09/2012 Export pdf PDF word DOC

CONSEIL DE
L'UNION EUROPÉENNE

FR

Bruxelles, le 10 septembre 2012

(OR. en)

13533/12

PRESSE 369

Remplacement du Représentant permanent de la République tchèque auprès de l'Union européenne

Le Conseil de l'Union européenne a été informé de la nomination, par le gouvernement tchèque de Monsieur Martin POVEJŠIL en qualité de Représentant permanent de la République tchèque auprès de l'Union européenne.

M. POVEJŠIL a pris ses fonctions le 3 septembre 2012.

(Son curriculum vitae est joint en annexe).

ANNEXE

Curriculum Vitae

Martin Povejšil

Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union

Czech Ambassador to the EU

Ambassador Martin Povejšil took up the post of the Czech Permanent Representative to the EU on 3 September 2012. Prior to that, he served as the Czech Ambassador to NATO since August 2009.

Ambassador Povejšil was born in 1961. He graduated from the Palacký University in Olomouc with a doctorate in modern philology and linguistics.

He joined the then Czechoslovak foreign service shortly after political changes in his country in 1990. Throughout his career, Ambassador Povejšil has held a variety of senior posts in the Czechoslovak and Czech Ministries of Foreign Affairs as well as in diplomatic missions abroad. His professional portfolio has comprised development issues and bilateral relations as well as European and security affairs and multilateral diplomacy.

Ambassador Povejšil is married and has three daughters and a son. He speaks English, Spanish, German, Russian and French.

1981-87

Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University Olomouc, Modern Philology (English, Spanish)

1987-89

Translator and interpreter

1990-91

Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Latin American Department

1991-92

Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Head of the Latin American Department

1991-92

Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Director General, Division Asia, Africa and Latin America

1993

Ambassador with Special Mission to promote Czech candidacy to non−permanent membership in the Security Council of the UN

1993-94

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Director General, Division Asia, Africa and Latin America

1994-98

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Chile

1998-2000

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Director General, Division Europe

2000

Advisor to the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Accession of the Czech Republic to the EU

2000-2004

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Spain and Andorra

2004-2005

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Director General – Europe

2005-2009

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Political Director

2009-2012

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to NATO

since IX/2012

Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union, Czech Ambassador to the EU

Languages: English, Spanish, German, Russian, French

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