| | Degree in Law, Milan University; Harkness Scholarship for Graduate Studies Columbia University, New York |
| | Professional Experience: |
| | Past: Professor of International Relations and Russian and East European History, University of Milan, University of Bologna, University of Naples "l Orientale", School of Advanced International Studies Washington D.C., State Institute in International Studies (Mgimo) Moscow. |
| | Lecturer: Master of Human Rights Politics, University of Siena; Master in Conflict Management, Scuola Superiore S.Anna, Pisa; Master in International Relations, University of Bologna. |
| | Department analyst Istituto di Studi Internazionali, Milan; Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome; Bundesinstitute für Ostwissenschaftliche und Internationale Studien, Köln, Germany. |
| | Guest Lecturer (Selective list): Nato Defense College, Rome; Wilton Park Conference, United Kingdom; Istituto Diplomatico Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome; Centro Studi per la Difesa, Rome; Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow; Freie Universität Berlin. |
| | Present: Adjunct Professor of European Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center, Italy. Scientific Consultant "Globus et Locus" Foundation, Milan, Italy |
| | Interest on topical subjects: |
| | The post Cold War and the International System; Globalisation, Democratisation and Westernisation; Euro-American Expansion in the post Soviet Space; Putin s Security and Power Politics; Order, Justice and the International System. |
| 1995-1998 | M.A. Hons., Modern History, Oxford University |
| 1998-1999 | Graduate Diploma in International Relations and Economics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies |
| 1999-2001 | Co-founder and Project Manager, European Stability Initiative (ESI), Berlin |
| 2001-2004 | Team Leader, Lessons Learned and Analysis Unit, United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo |
| since 2004 | Head of ESI Turkey project, Istanbul |
| 2007 | World Fellow, Yale University, New Haven |
| 2008 | Special Advisor to the Mayor of Mitrovica |
| 1988-1991 | Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Prague |
| 1991-1993 | Embassy of Czechoslovakia, Moscow |
| 1993-1994 | Director, Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Slovakia; Director, Cabinet of the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava |
| 1994-1998 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to Japan |
| 1998-2001 | Director, Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava |
| 2001-2005 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro), Republic of Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| 2005-2006 | Personal Representative of EU High Representative for CFSP to facilitate the Montenegrin dialogue |
| 2005-2007 | Director General for Political Affairs - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bratislava |
| 2007-2009 | High Representative / EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Gallery |
| 2009-2010 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic |
| 2010-2012 | Managing Director, Europe and Central Asia, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels |
| 2012-2016 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic |
| since 2016 | Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic |
| 2017-2018 | President of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly |
| 1979-1984 | Geography at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Charles´ University, Prague |
| | activities in democratic opposition, left the faculty and worked several years as the administrator of the Asian collection of Náprstek museum in the castle in Libchov |
| 1982-1986 | Manager of the underground rock band Národní tYída, the members of which were young musicians, artists and writers; |
| | published a samizdat magazine Revolver revue together with Jáchym Topol and Ivan Lamper |
| | since mid 1980s Contacts with dissidents in Hungary, Poland and Lithuania |
| 1987 | Became a member of Polish-Czechoslovak Solidarity and participated in meetings of representatives of Czechoslovak and Polish opposition in mountains on state borders and co-organized regular smuggling of literature, correspondence and technolology across border mountains. |
| 1989 | Speaker of the Charta 77 and one of the authors of the petition, several sentences; |
| | jailed for his activities in the prisons of Ruzyn and Pankrác |
| One of the founders of the Civic Forum, a political movement which lead the country to the first free elections |
| | Informa
ní servis was established which later became Respekt weekly |
| 1990-1992 | Foreign and political advisor to the President Václav Havel |
| 1990 | Initiated the meeting of intellectuals and top representatives of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland in Bratislava which later lead to the establishment of Visegrád co-operation |
| 1992-1997 | First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| | He lead the Czech team which divided Czechoslovak foreign service, he was the Czech negotiator during talks with Germany concerning joint declaration and started discussions concerning the accession of the R to the NATO. |
| 1997-2001 | Czech Ambassador to the United States |
| 2001-2002 | Plenipotentiary of the Czech Government for the preparation of the Summit meeting of NATO in Prague |
| 2003 | Left diplomacy on his own decision |
| 2004 | Expert assistant of the German Marshall Fund of the U.S in Prague |
| 2004-2006 | Acting officer and consultant of international firm Dutko Worldwide, reads lectures on Euro-American relations at the New York University (NYU) in Prague, President of the Czech Euroatlantic Council |
| | He also became one of the founders of a foreign-political think-tank PASS (Program of Atlantic Security Studies in Prague) and participated in the establishment of the discussion club Osma. |
| | In Ústí nad Labem he helped to establish Collegium Bohemicum, the institution which will help the City museum to study history and present of Czech-German relations. |
| 2006 | Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic in the first government of Mr Mirek Topolanek |
| 2007-2009 | Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs in the second government of Mr Mirek Topolanek |
| since 2009 | Senator, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Prague |
| 1966-1970 | Legal studies at the University of Vienna |
| 1970 | Doctor of Law |
| 1971-1973 | Legal work at courts and banks |
| 1973 | Entry into the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
| 1975 | Diplomatic Exam, afterwards employed at the Multilateral Economic Department, the Secretariat General and Cabinet of the Minister (1976) |
| 1985-1996 | Deputy Head of the Cabinet of the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 1991-2002 | Austrian Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein with residence in Vienna |
| 1997-2002 | Chief of Protocol |
| since 2002 | Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs |
