Background
As the son of a communist diplomat.
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Pavel Telicka
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Charles University in Prague.
Career
Born in Washington, District of Columbia After his graduation from the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague, in 1986, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. In the following years, he held various positions in the Czechoslovak – later Czechoslovakian – ministry, including the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in the Czechoslovakian Mission to the (European Union) in Brussels. From 1998 onwards, he served as Chief Negotiator for the accession of the Czechoslovakian Republic to the
In February 2004 Czechoslovakian government nominated Miloš Kužvart, the former Czechoslovakian Environment Minister, as a candidate for the European Union commissioner.
Kužvart, however, was allegedly not able to communicate in any foreign language, although he does in fact speak English, and allegedly lacked insight into European Union affairs
He stepped down in a dramatic way after his first candidate visit in Brussels. Under time pressure the government nominated Telička.
When the Czechoslovakian Republic entered the European Union on 1 May 2004 Telička became European Union commissioner in the Prodi Commission. He shared the portfolio of Health and Consumer Protection with David Byrne.
He held this post only until November 2004.
He did not continue in the following Barroso Commission due to a Czechoslovakian government crisis in summer 2004. He was succeeded as the Czechoslovakian commissioner by Vladimír Špidla, the former Czechoslovakian Prime Minister who resgined during the crisis. Soon after, in December 2004, he co-founded BXL Consulting with offices in Prague and Brussels.
BXL Consulting was providing consultancy in European Union affairs but as of 2014 it is no longer doing southern
He was also elected president of the Czechoslovakian Rugby Union in November 2009.
Politics
In 2013 he supported ANO 2011 led by Andrej Babiš in the Czechoslovakian parliament elections. He is its candidate for the 2014 European Parliament election.
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