Stefan Füle

Stefan Füle

Date of birth: 24 May 1962
Place of birth: Sokolov, Czech Republic
Marital status: Married
Wife: Hana Füleová
Children: Daughters Eliška and Veronika, son Michael

Education:

  • 1980-1981 : Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague;
  • 1981-1986  : Moscow State Institute of International Relations;
  • 1988 : United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Program.

Career 

  • 1987-1990 : Desk Officer, United Nations Department, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia;
  • 1990-1995  : First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, New York;
  • 1994-1995 : Member of the Delegation/Alternate Representative of the Czech Republic to the UN Security Council, New York;
  • 1995-1996 : Director, United Nations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic;
  • 1996-1998 : Director, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic;
  • 1998-2001 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Republic of Lithuania (2000-2001 NATO Point of Contact Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania);
  • 2001-2002 : First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic;
  • 2003-2005 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic at the Court of Saint James's;
  • 2005 : Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic on the North Atlantic Council.

Honours:

  • Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, 3rd Class (2002)
  • Cross of Merit of Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, Grade I. (2002)