Jiří Šedivý
Jiří Šedivý (* 20th August 1963 in Prague ) is a Czech politician and diplomat. He is Secretary General of the European Defense Agency .
Life
His father is the politician and ambassador Jaroslav Šedivý .
After Jiří Šedivý worked as a worker and self-employed musician in the 1980s, he studied political science and English at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague and war sociology at King's College London from 1990 . From 1998 to 2004 he was director of the Institute for International Relations ( Ústav mezinárodních vztahů ) in Prague. He then taught at the European Center for Security Studies George C. Marshall in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
From September 4, 2006 to January 9, 2007, Šedivý was the independent Minister of Defense in the Mirek Topolánek I government . From 2007 to 2010 he was NATO Deputy Secretary General for Defense Policy and Planning. On September 1st, 2012 he was appointed permanent representative of the Czech Republic to NATO. He held this office until August 2019.
In May 2020, Jiří Šedivý became Secretary General of the European Defense Agency.
Web links
- Chief Executive Jiří Šedivý on the EU Defense Agency website
- CV on the website of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jiří Šedivý became head of the EU defense agency ČT24 on May 5, 2020
Antonín Baudyš | Vilém Holáň | Miloslav Vyborný | Michal Lobkowicz | Vladimír Vetchý | Jaroslav Tvrdík | Miroslav Kostelka | Karel Kühnl | Jiří Šedivý | Vlasta Parkanová | Martin Barták | Alexandr Vondra | Karolína Peake | Petr Nečas | Vlastimil Picek | Martin Stropnický | Karla Šlechtová | Lubomír Metnar
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Šedivý, Jiří |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th August 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |