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List of ambassadors of the Czech Republic to the United States

Coordinates: 38°56′21″N 77°03′15″W / 38.939282°N 77.054137°W / 38.939282; -77.054137
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Ambassador of Czech Republic to the United States
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C.
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C.
since July 7, 2011
Inaugural holderCharles Pergler
Formation1918

The Czech ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Prague to the Government of the United States.

History

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List of representatives

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Diplomatic agrément Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Notes President of the Czech Republic President of the United States Term end
1918 Charles Pergler Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Woodrow Wilson
December 8, 1919 Legation Opened Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Woodrow Wilson
December 8, 1919 Jan Masaryk Charge d'Affaires Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Woodrow Wilson
October 5, 1920 Karel Halla Charge d'Affaires (1876-1939) Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Woodrow Wilson
January 5, 1921 Bedřich Štěpánek [a] Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Warren G. Harding
June 15, 1923 František Chvalkovský Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Calvin Coolidge
October 12, 1925 Zdeněk Fierlinger Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Calvin Coolidge
November 5, 1928 November 20, 1928 Ferdinand Veverka [b] Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Calvin Coolidge
December 30, 1936 Vladimír Ladislav Dionýz Svetozárov Hurban [c] Edvard Beneš Franklin D. Roosevelt
June 28, 1943 Legation raised to Embassy Emil Hácha Franklin D. Roosevelt
June 14, 1943 June 28, 1943 Vladimír Ladislav Dionýz Svetozárov Hurban [d] Emil Hácha Franklin D. Roosevelt
June 4, 1946 June 12, 1946 Juraj Slávik Juraj Slávik, broadcast 15 June 1942 (originally planned for 11 June 1942). One source even suggests that the speech was originally planned for 1 June 1942. The assassination of Heydrich took place on 27 May[4] Edvard Beneš Harry S. Truman
March 3, 1948 Vladimír Outrata (19. 4. 1909 Caslav - 9. 7. 1970 Prague)[5] Klement Gottwald Harry S. Truman
June 14, 1948 June 21, 1948 Vladimír Procházka  [cs] Klement Gottwald Harry S. Truman
August 23, 1951 August 28, 1951 Karel Petrželka Czechoslovak Diplomat: (* April 2, 1907, Brno) educated at Univ. of Brno Law School, LL.D. 1932. Engaged in practice of law, 1932–33 Klement Gottwald Harry S. Truman
October 13, 1952 October 24, 1952 Miroslav Růžek Klement Gottwald Harry S. Truman
May 5, 1959 May 20, 1959 Karel Duda 1992 ambassador London Antonín Novotný Dwight D. Eisenhower
October 1, 1963 November 13, 1963 Ivan Roháľ-Iľkiv [cs] (* February 16, 1917) In 1963 he was Ambassador in New Delhi.[6] Antonín Novotný Lyndon B. Johnson
October 15, 1969 October 16, 1969 Dušan Spáčil (* May 17, 1929 in Brno) Took part in anti-German resistance, once in June 1945 joined the Communist Party. After graduating from secondary school, he studied from r. 1948 first law at Charles University, and later in Kiev and Moscow State University (JUDr. 1954). From August 1954 until his retirement beginning. R. 1990 worked in Czechoslovakia. Communist diplomacy. His career began in the years 1956-1960 as III. Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Czechoslovakia to the United Nations in New York, then he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and OMO in l. 1962 to 1964 then as First Secretary at the Embassy in Vienna, where he worked as the issue IAEA. From September 1964 to September 1967 he was the first secretary and later CS series. Embassy in Moscow after returning to Prague was again included in the OMO, which belonged even during the Prague Spring to the defenders of the "old order" r. 1969 also belonged to the ministry of the founders SČSP. After the onset Minister Mark J. (see) became a member of its narrower cabinet in 1970–71, then he drove OMO. From November 1971 to April 1975 he served as Ambassador to the US, after returning to Prague in May 1975 became one of five deputy ministers B. Chnoupek (see), and remained so until March 1983. His competency initially belonged MIT, and ADO IIR, and later territorial departments in the report were sessions with countries 'capitalist' Europe, after the retirement of F. Krajčír l. 1979-1983 conversely led divisions dedicated to relations with the USSR and the socialist states (1 and 2 TOs) . *From April 1983 to the end of 1988 he was the ambassador in Bonn (Germany) After appeals to Prague, then was appointed last communist Director of IIR, which remained until February 1990. In February 1990, he retired. The author strongly apologetic memoirs: We of Czernin (1996).[7] Ludvík Svoboda Richard Nixon
September 30, 1971 Jaroslav Zantovsky Charge d'Affaires (* July 2, 1924 in Brandýs n. Labem – December 15, 1986 in Prague).[8] Ludvík Svoboda Richard Nixon
March 7, 1972 March 27, 1972 Dušan Spáčil Ludvík Svoboda Richard Nixon
May 15, 1975 Vincent Buzek Charge d'Affaires Gustáv Husák Gerald Ford
May 4, 1976 May 21, 1976 Jaromír Johanes (* August 21, 1933 Dobra nad Sazavou) Educated in Moscow Inst, of Int. Relations joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1958 
later Consul-Gen. Australia
Amb. to U.S.A. and Canada
Deputy Foreign Minister 1982, First Deputy Foreign Minister 1987
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1988-89
Counsellor-Envoy to Turkey 1990–93, Amb. to Turkey 1993–95.
Gustáv Husák Gerald Ford
June 3, 1982 July 29, 1982 Jaroslav Žantovský 1972: Chargé d'Affaires of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, acted as the official Cuban representative in the US Gustáv Husák Ronald Reagan
September 7, 1983 October 13, 1983 Stanislav Suja (* 1940 in Vglas u Zvolena, studied journalism at Comenius University and law at Moscow's MGIMO (JUDR., 1968). Afterwards he was employed by the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs until his release in 1990. In 1972-75 he was assigned to the Czechoslovak permanent mission[9] Gustáv Husák Ronald Reagan
April 25, 1986 June 23, 1986 Miroslav Houštecký (*10. 6. 1926, Horky nad Jizerou– 31. 1. 1994, Praha). 8. 12. 1983 Vyslanci Velké Británie[10] Gustáv Husák Ronald Reagan
March 1, 1990 CZECHOSLOVAK FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC* Václav Havel George H. W. Bush
February 15, 1990 April 9, 1990 Rita Klímová Václav Havel George H. W. Bush
October 5, 1992 November 18, 1992 Michael Žantovský Václav Havel George H. W. Bush
April 4, 1997 May 14, 1997 Alexandr Vondra Václav Havel Bill Clinton
October 1, 2001 October 10, 2001 Martin Palouš Václav Havel George W. Bush
November 30, 2005 December 2, 2005 Petr Kolář Václav Klaus George W. Bush
May 23, 2011 July 7, 2011 Petr Gandalovič Václav Klaus Barack Obama
March 16, 2017 April 24, 2017 Hynek Kmoníček Miloš Zeman Donald Trump

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See also

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ Bedřich Štěpánek (1884–1953), a lawyer and diplomat who received his training in Vienna, Paris and Moscow. When the Czechoslovak Republic was established in 1918, he helped with laying the foundation.[1]
  2. ^ Ferdinand Veverka (b. 1887), his wife Nelly was the daughter of Julius Gregr[2]
  3. ^ Vladimír Ladislav Dionýz Svetozárov Hurban (1883-1949), son of diplomat Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský. From 1918 to 1921 he was head of Czech military mission in Washington, D. C.[3]
  4. ^ Vladimír Ladislav Dionýz Svetozárov Hurban (1883-1949), Slovak military man and Czechoslovak diplomat; he served as Chargé d'affaires in Egypt from 1924 to 1930, Envoy in Stockholm to Sweden, Norway and Lithuania from 1930 to 1937, and Envoy in the US and Cuba from 1939 to 1946.
Sources
  1. ^ Rechcigl Jr, Miloslav (10 November 2016). Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American Biography. AuthorHouse. p. 387. ISBN 978-1-5246-1987-9. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ Ferdinand Veverka
  3. ^ Vladimír Ladislav Dionýz Svetozárov Hurban
  4. ^ Juraj Slávik
  5. ^ Vladimír Outrata
  6. ^ Ivan Roháľ-Iľkiv
  7. ^ [1]Dušan Spáčil
  8. ^ Jaroslav Zantovsky
  9. ^ Stanislav Suja
  10. ^ Miroslav Houštecký
  11. ^ Chief of Protocol, [2][3]
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