Juraj Chmiel

Juraj Chmiel (born 16 August 1960) is a Czech diplomat. He served as the nation's Minister for European Affairs.[1]

Juraj Chmiel
Minister for European Affairs
In office
30 November 2009 – 13 July 2010
Prime MinisterJan Fischer
Preceded byŠtefan Füle
Succeeded bynone
Personal details
Born (1960-08-16) 16 August 1960
Budapest, Hungary
Alma materCharles University
Professiondiplomat

Early life

Chmiel was born in Budapest but studied in Bratislava and later graduated from the Charles University in Prague. He's married and speaks English, Hungarian, Russian, German, Swahili and Amharic in addition to Czech and Slovak.

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic corps in 1992 and held several positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was specialised in Africa at that time. Chmiel served as the nation's Ambassador to Nigeria from 1996 to 2003 and Australia from 2008 to 2009. From September 2014 he serves as Czech Republic Ambassador to Hungary.

Minister for European Affairs

Chmiel was nominated to the position by the Civic Democratic Party after the government approved his predecessor's nomination for the European Commission.

References
  1. "Czech upper house backs tougher requirements to EU petitions". CTK news agency via BBC. March 18, 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2011. Czech EU Affairs Minister Juraj Chmiel said in the Senate today ...

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