Alexandr Vondra
Alexandr Vondra | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 13 July 2010 – 7 December 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Petr Nečas |
| Preceded by | Martin Barták |
| Succeeded by | Karolína Peake |
| Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs | |
| In office 9 January 2007 – 8 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Štefan Füle (as Minister) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 4 September 2006 – 9 January 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Mirek Topolánek |
| Preceded by | Cyril Svoboda |
| Succeeded by | Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Senator from Litoměřice | |
| In office 28 October 2006 – 28 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Zdeněk Bárta |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Mezian |
| Czech Republic Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 14 May 1997 – 10 October 2001 | |
| President | Václav Havel |
| Preceded by | Michael Žantovský |
| Succeeded by | Martin Palouš |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1961 |
| Party | Czech: Civic Democratic Party EU: European Conservatives and Reformists Party |
| Alma mater | Univerzita Karlova |
| Profession | Politician |
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Alexandr Vondra (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalɛksandr̩ ˈvondra]; born 17 August 1961) is a Czech politician and diplomat who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007 and Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs between 2007 and 2009, both in cabinets of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek, and then as Minister of Defence from 2010 to 2012 under prime minister Petr Nečas. He is also a former Senator for Litoměřice (2006–2012) and Czech Ambassador to the United States (1997–2001).
He was a candidate for the European Parliament seat in the 2019 election and received 29,536 preferential votes and was elected Member of the European Parliament. Vondra is a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).