Alexandr Vondra
| Alexandr Vondra | |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 13 July 2010 – 7 December 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Petr Nečas |
| Preceded by | Martin Barták |
| Succeeded by | Karolína Peake |
| Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs | |
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In office 9 January 2007 – 8 May 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Štefan Füle (as Minister) |
| Senator from Litoměřice | |
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In office 28 October 2006 – 28 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Zdeněk Bárta |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Mezian |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 4 September 2006 – 9 January 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
| Preceded by | Cyril Svoboda |
| Succeeded by | Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Czech Republic Ambassador to the United States |
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In office 14 May 1997 – 10 October 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Žantovský |
| Succeeded by | Martin Palouš |
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17 August 1961 Prague, Czech Republic |
| Political party | ODS |
| Alma mater | Univerzita Karlova |
| Profession | Politician |
Alexandr Vondra (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalɛksandr̩ ˈvondra]) (born 17 August 1961) is a Czech politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Defence, from 2010 to 2012 under Prime Minister Petr Nečas. Vondra also served as Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs between 2007 and 2009, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007, both in cabinets of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. Vondra is also former Senator from Litoměřice (2006—2012) and Czech Ambassador to the United States (1997—2001).
He was born in Prague. He graduated in geography from Charles University in Prague in 1984, receiving a Doctor in Natural Sciences degree one year later. In the mid-1980s he was a dissident and Charter 77 signatory. After organizing a demonstration in January 1989, Vondra was imprisoned for two months. In November 1989, while the Velvet Revolution was underway, he co-founded the Civic Forum.
In 1990-1992, Vondra was foreign policy advisor to President Václav Havel. When Havel stepped down from his office during dissolution of Czechoslovakia and at the same time independent Czech foreign service began to be formed, Vondra became Czech Republic's First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in August 1992, responsible i. a. for negotiating the division of Czechoslovak diplomacy. In 1996 he was a chief negotiator for the Czech-German Declaration on the Mutual Relations and their Future Development. In March 1997 Vondra left to become the Czech Ambassador to the United States, staying there until July 2001. From March 2001 to January 2003, Vondra was the Czech Government Commissioner responsible for preparation of 2002 Prague summit of the NATO. From January to July 2003 Vondra was a Deputy Foreign Minister.
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