18 Facts About Alexandr Vondra

Alexandr Vondra served as Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs between 2007 and 2009, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007, both in cabinets of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek.

Alexandr Vondra is former Senator from Litomerice and Czech Ambassador to the United States.

Alexandr Vondra was candidate for the European Parliament seat in the 2019 election and received 29,536 preferential votes and was elected Member of the European Parliament representing the Civic Democratic Party.

Alexandr Vondra graduated in geography from Charles University in Prague in 1984, receiving a Doctor in Natural Sciences degree one year later.

When Havel stepped down from his office during the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and at the same time an independent Czech foreign service was being formed, Vondra became the Czech Republic's First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in August 1992, responsible i a for negotiating the division of Czechoslovak diplomacy.

In March 1997 Alexandr Vondra left to become the Czech Ambassador to the United States, staying there until July 2001.

From March 2001 to January 2003, Alexandr Vondra was the Czech Government Commissioner responsible for the preparation of the 2002 Prague summit of NATO.

From January to July 2003 Alexandr Vondra was a Deputy Foreign Minister.

Alexandr Vondra became an ODS member only after his ministerial appointment and the victory in Senate elections in October 2006.

Alexandr Vondra is generally perceived as pro-United States and wary of European integration, though less than ODS eurosceptic hardliners, and had good connections to Havel.

Alexandr Vondra was mentioned as a possible nominee to serve as European Commissioner in 2009.

Alexandr Vondra participated at the international conference European Conscience and Communism, which took place under his patronage at the Czech Senate in Prague in June 2008.

In 2019, Alexandr Vondra returned to politics when the Civic Democratic Party nominated him in European Parliament election.

Alexandr Vondra was on 15th place on the party's list.

Alexandr Vondra then ran for the position of Vice-Chairman of ODS.

Alexandr Vondra received 443 votes of 502 which was more than any other candidate and was elected.

Alexandr Vondra is married and has three children with his wife Martina: Vojtech, Anna and Marie.

Alexandr Vondra has another child, Jachym, with Veronika Vrecionova.