1986 | graduation from the Law Faculty at the Charles University in Prague
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1986 | Unit of public international law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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1988 | Unit of private international law and in two years time became legal adviser within the CSFR delegation for the negotiations on the Europe Agreement on Association
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1991-1995 | different positions at the Czechoslovak/Czech Mission to the European Communities in Brussels, including the ones of Deputy Head and Head of Mission
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1995 | became Director of the European Communities Department and the following year Director General of the Integration Section (EC, NATO, UN) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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1998 | appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and shortly after Chief Negotiator for the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union
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1999 | promoted to I Deputy Minister and appointed State Secretary for European Affairs
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2002 | Ambassador and Head of Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the European Communities
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2004 | nominated by the Czech Government for the post of Commissioner
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2004 | co-founded BXL Consulting with offices in Prague and Brussels
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2005 | joined the European Policy Centre (EPC) as a Senior Advisor on an external basis
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2005 | appointed European Coordinator for one of the priority projects within TEN-T for the railway network Rail Baltica |
1960-1965 | Jusstudium, Universitäten Wien, Grenoble und Trinity College, Cambridge
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1965-1966 | Postgraduate-Studium in Europarecht und Nationalökonomie am "Collège d'Europe" in Brügge, Belgien
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| Integration
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1966 | Nach Gerichtspraxis Eintritt in das Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche
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1968-1973 | Österreichische Vertretung, Vereinte Nationen in New York
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1973-1975 | Österreichischer Botschafter, Kairo
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1975-1981 | Leiter, Abteilung Presse und Information im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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| Umweltschutz UNEP und Städteplanung HABITAT
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1981-1986 | Österreichischer Botschafter in Nairobi und Ständiger Vertreter bei den UN-Organisationen in Nairobi über
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1986-1987 | Leiter, Generalsekretariat im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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| Stellvertreter von Bot. Dr. Manfred Scheich bei den EWR- und EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen
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1987-1996 | Leiter, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche Integration im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten;
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| auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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1993-1996 | Stellvertretender Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für
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1997-1999 | Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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1999-2007 | Ständiger Vertreter Österreichs, Europäischen Union |