KUNSILL TAL-UNJONI EWROPEA MT Brussell, 10 ta' Settembru 2012 (OR. en) 13533/12 PRESSE 369 Rappreżentant Permanenti Ċek Ġdid għall-Unjoni Ewropea Il-Kunsill tal-Unjoni Ewropea ġie infurmat bil-ħatra mill-Gvern Ċek tas-Sur Martin POVEJŠIL bħala Rappreżentant Permanenti tar-Repubblika Ċeka għall-Unjoni Ewropea. Is-Sur POVEJŠIL beda jaqdi d-dmirijiet tiegħu fit-3 ta' Settembru 2012. (Curriculum vitae mehmuż). ANNESS Curriculum Vitae Martin Povejšil Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union Czech Ambassador to the EU Ambassador Martin Povejšil took up the post of the Czech Permanent Representative to the EU on 3 September 2012. Prior to that, he served as the Czech Ambassador to NATO since August 2009. Ambassador Povejšil was born in 1961. He graduated from the Palacký University in Olomouc with a doctorate in modern philology and linguistics. He joined the then Czechoslovak foreign service shortly after political changes in his country in 1990. Throughout his career, Ambassador Povejšil has held a variety of senior posts in the Czechoslovak and Czech Ministries of Foreign Affairs as well as in diplomatic missions abroad. His professional portfolio has comprised development issues and bilateral relations as well as European and security affairs and multilateral diplomacy. Ambassador Povejšil is married and has three daughters and a son. He speaks English, Spanish, German, Russian and French. 1981-87 Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University Olomouc, Modern Philology (English, Spanish) 1987-89 Translator and interpreter 1990-91 Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Latin American Department 1991-92 Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Head of the Latin American Department 1991-92 Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Director General, Division Asia, Africa and Latin America 1993 Ambassador with Special Mission to promote Czech candidacy to non-permanent membership in the Security Council of the UN 1993-94 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Director General, Division Asia, Africa and Latin America 1994-98 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Chile 1998-2000 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Director General, Division Europe 2000 Advisor to the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Accession of the Czech Republic to the EU 2000-2004 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Spain and Andorra 2004-2005 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Director General – Europe 2005-2009 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Political Director 2009-2012 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to NATO since IX/2012 Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union, Czech Ambassador to the EU Languages: English, Spanish, German, Russian, French