Born in Prague on November 24, 1956
Married, four children
Education:
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1976-80 |
Charles´ University,
Faculty of Law |
|
1991 |
Course of the Pan
American Institute for International Studies at the Notre Dame University, Washington D.C.
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Career
|
1980-83 |
Transgas, legal department |
|
1983-90 |
State notary’s office (since 1989 in
charge of administration of the State notary’s office at Prague 10) |
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1990-91 |
Adviser to deputy prime minister of the
Czechoslovak Federal Republic for human rights, restitution and relations between the
state and the churches, preparation of basic laws in this field, especially law on
extrajudicial rehabilitations and laws concerning relations between the state and the
churches and church restitutions. |
|
1991 |
Lecturer at the Pedagogical Faculty of
the Charles´ University, Civics Department |
|
1991-92 |
Adviser to the prime minister of the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic |
|
1992 |
Director of the Legislative Department of
the Ministry of Justice in the Government of the Czech Republic, Secretary of the
Government Legislative Council |
|
1992-96 |
Deputy Minister of Justice, Vice-chairman
of the Legislative Council of the Government of the Czech Republic |
|
1994 |
Member of the European Commission for
Democracy through Law |
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from July 1996 |
Deputy Foreign Minister |
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Member of the Scientific Board of the
Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague |
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Member of the Scientific Board of the
Faculty of the International Relations, University of Economics, Prague |
|
1997 |
Vice-chairman of the European Commission
for Democracy through Law |
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October 1997 |
Head of the delegation for negotiations
on the agreement on the Czech Republic’s accession to the European Union |
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2 January 1998 |
Minister of Interior of the Czech
Republic |
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23 July 1998 |
Chairman of the Petition Committee,
Parliament Chamber of Deputies |
Publication Activity:
Law on extrajudicial rehabilitation
in questions and answers
Professional articles in the
legislation branch
Member of the editorial council of
the Legal Practice and Administrative Law
Co-author, Commentary on the Czech
Constitution |
