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Karel Schwarzenberg
1937 – 2023
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKarel Schwarzenberg was a Czech politician, diplomat and statesman who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic from 2007 to 2009 and then again between 2010 and 2013. Schwarzenberg was leader and co-founder of the TOP 09 party and its candidate for president of the Czech Republic in the 2013 election. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 2010 to 2021 and in the Senate from 2004 until 2010.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 10, 1937
Prague
Date of death
November 12, 2023
Vienna
Citizenship
Czech Republic · Switzerland
Occupations & fields
politicianentrepreneurdiplomatforeign ministerskilled forestry worker
Awards & honours
Grand Gold Decoration of StyriaGrand Cross of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of AustriaOrder of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class IIIEuropean Human Rights PrizeGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyGrand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Field and occupation
- český šľachtic, diplomat a politik (1937 – 2023)
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