Education
Juris Doctor, Charles University, Prague, 1970—1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Institute State and Law, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1984.
government agency administrator
Juris Doctor, Charles University, Prague, 1970—1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Institute State and Law, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1984.
Officer multilateral trade policy department Czech Federal Ministry of Foreign Trade, 1979—1988. Commercial attaché Czechoslovak Embassy, Damascus, Syria, 1989—1992. Ambassador and permanent representative European Office of United Nations, Geneva, 1996—2001.
Chairman United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1997, Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, 1998. Vice minister of industry and trade Prague, Czech Republic, 1993—1996, Czech Republic, since 2001.