Karel SCHWARZENBERG Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
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| 1957 | Passed school-leaving exam in Vienna, studied Forestry and Land Economy at the University of Vienna, Munich and Graz |
| since 1965 | Management, Schwarzenberg estate |
| 1984-1991 | President, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights |
| 1990 | Member, Collegium of Counsellors of President Václav Havel |
| 1990-1992 | Chancellor of President Vaclav Havel |
| 2004-2010 | Senator, Parliament of the Czech Republic |
| 2004-2006 | Member, EU Affairs Committee of the Senat |
| 2005-2007 | Member, Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly |
| Chairman, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Committee of the Senate | |
| 2006-2007 | Member, Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly |
| 2007-2009 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| 2009-2013 | Member of Parliament, Czech Republic (Chamber of Deputies) |
| since 2009 | Chairman, political party TOP 09 |
| 2010-2013 | First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| since 2013 | Member of Parliament, Czech Republic (Chamber of Deputies) |
| Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of the Czech Republic |
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| Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe, together with Lech Walesa, 1989 |
