Juraj Chmiel Explained

Juraj Chmiel
Minister for European Affairs
Term Start:30 November 2009
Term End:13 July 2010
Primeminister:Jan Fischer
Predecessor:Štefan Füle
Successor:Mikuláš Bek (2021)
Birth Date:16 August 1960
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Profession:diplomat
Alma Mater:Charles University

Juraj (Jura) Chmiel (born 16 August 1960) is a Czech diplomat. He served as the nation's Minister for European Affairs.[1]

Early life

Chmiel was born in Budapest but studied in Bratislava and later graduated from the Charles University in Prague. He's married and actively speaks English and Hungarian, in addition to Czech and Slovak.

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic corps in 1992 and held several positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was specialised in Africa at that time. Chmiel served as the nation's Ambassador to Nigeria from 1996 to 2003 and Australia from 2008 to 2009. From September 2014 to June 2019 he served as Czech Republic Ambassador to Hungary. In June 2019, he took post of Ambassador to Slovenia till 2023. From October 2023 till July 2024 he was posted in the headquarters of MFA in Prague. At present he works as Czech Ambassador to the State of Kuwait. [2]

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Minister for European Affairs

Chmiel was nominated to the position by the Civic Democratic Party after the government approved his predecessor's nomination for the European Commission.

References

Leaders Magazine interview

Notes and References

  1. News: Czech upper house backs tougher requirements to EU petitions. March 18, 2010. CTK news agency via BBC. 14 May 2011. Czech EU Affairs Minister Juraj Chmiel said in the Senate today ....
  2. Web site: 2021-01-28. Ambassador Juraj CHMIEL Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ljubljana. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128225805/https://www.mzv.cz/ljubljana/en/about_the_embassy/ambassador/index.html. 2021-01-28. 2021-01-28. mzv.cz.