Karel KOVANDA Deputy Director General for External Relations, European Commission, Brussels
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| Following the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, Mr Kovanda spent 20 years in exile, mostly in the US. | |
| 1991 | return after the "velvet revolution" and joined the Foreign Service in |
| 1993-1997 | First Czech Ambassador to the United Nations after Czechoslovakia's peaceful division. |
| 1994-1995 | Term on the UN Security Council |
| 1996-1997 | Leadership of the ECOSOC |
| 1998-2005 | First Czech Ambassador to NATO |
| 2005 | he won a competition for his current position in the European Commission. |
Auszeichnungen
| Order of Merit, 1st Class (Czech Republic) |
