Background
He was born on 6 September 1956 in Ostrava and graduated January Evangelista Purkyně University (today Masaryk University) in Brno in 1982.
He was born on 6 September 1956 in Ostrava and graduated January Evangelista Purkyně University (today Masaryk University) in Brno in 1982.
Masaryk University.
Doctor of Philosophy. He worked as a dramaturge at Czechoslovak Television in Ostrava. During Velvet Revolution in November 1989 he participated at Civic Forum. In 2013, he also was Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czechoslovakian Republic.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czechoslovakian Republic
He has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 29 January 2014 in the Cabinet of ČSSD leader and Prime Minister of the Czechoslovakian Republic Bohuslav Sobotka.
He is the 10th Minister of Foreign Affairs since its creation in 1993.
Zaorálek was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1996 as member of political party ČSSD and later in 2009 he has become first vice chairman.
7th Czechoslovakian Legislature.