Štefan Füle
| Štefan Füle | |
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| European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy | |
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In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by |
Olli Rehn (Enlargement) Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Trade and Neighbourhood Policy) |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Hahn (European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations) |
| Minister for European Affairs | |
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In office 8 May 2009 – 30 November 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Fischer |
| Preceded by | Alexandr Vondra |
| Succeeded by | Juraj Chmiel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 May 1962 Sokolov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Political party |
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1982–1989) Social Democratic Party (1989–present) |
| Alma mater |
Charles University Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
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Štefan Füle (born 24 May 1962 in Sokolov) is a Czech diplomat who served as the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy from February 2010 until October 2014.
Füle was born on 24 May 1962 in Sokolov, then in Czechoslovakia. He studied at the Charles University in Prague (1980–1981, two semesters at the Faculty of Philosophy) and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1981–1986).
He has held several positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Füle served as First Secretary of Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic (until 1993 Czechoslovakia) to the UN in New York City from 1990 to 1995. His next assignment was at the headquarters of the Ministry in Prague until 1998. Then he served as the Czech Ambassador to Lithuania (1998–2001), also being the NATO contact point there. In 2000, Füle accepted the position of the First Deputy Minister of Defense but later returned to diplomatic work. He had served as the nation's Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2003–2005) before being appointed as the Permanent Representative of his country to NATO (11 July 2005–7 May 2009).
Füle served as the Minister for European Affairs in the caretaker government of Jan Fischer in 2009, and has served as the Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy under the second Barroso Commission since February 2010.
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