Juraj Chmiel

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Juraj Chmiel
Minister for European Affairs
In office 30 November 2009 – 13 July 2010
Prime Minister	Jan Fischer
Preceded by	Štefan Füle
Succeeded by	none
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-16) 16 August 1960 (age 61) Budapest, Hungary
Alma mater	Charles University
Profession	diplomat

Juraj Chmiel (born 16 August 1960) is a Czech diplomat. He served as the nation's Minister for European Affairs.^[1]

Early life[]

Chmiel was born in Budapest but studied in Bratislava and later graduated from the Charles University in Prague. He's married and speaks English, Hungarian, Russian, German, Swahili and Amharic in addition to Czech and Slovak.

Diplomatic career[]

He entered the diplomatic corps in 1992 and held several positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was specialised in Africa at that time. Chmiel served as the nation's Ambassador to Nigeria from 1996 to 2003 and Australia from 2008 to 2009. From September 2014 to June 2019 he served as Czech Republic Ambassador to Hungary. In June 2019, he took post of Ambassador to Slovenia.^[2]

Minister for European Affairs[]

Chmiel was nominated to the position by the Civic Democratic Party after the government approved his predecessor's nomination for the European Commission.

References[]

Leaders Magazine interview

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