Edita Hrdá (born 30 December 1963) is a Czech diplomat, Senior Director of the European External Action Service for the Americas from 2015 to 2020 and a permanent representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union from 2020.
Edita Hrdá | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Edita Hrdá in 2013 | |
| Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United Nations in New York | |
| In office 2011–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Palouš |
| Succeeded by | Marie Chatardová |
| 9th permanent representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jakub Dürr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1963 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Alma mater | Prague University of Economics and Business |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Biography
editHrdá graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the University of Economics in Prague in 1986. Subsequently, she worked as a translator and an interpreter of German and Spanish languages. She studied in a diplomatic academy, initially in Madrid, then in Vienna, from 1991.
From 2011 to 2015, she served as a permanent representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations.[1][2][3] In October 2020, she became the permanent representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union, thus replacing Jakub Dürr in the position.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Cyril Svoboda misi v OSN nepovede, do čela zamíří Edita Hrdá". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Nejvlivnější česká úřednice v Bruselu- Edita Hrdá". Euroskop (in Czech). 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Česká velvyslankyně u OSN míří do vedení evropské diplomacie". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Potvrzeno. Velvyslanec při EU Dürr končí, vystřídá ho diplomatka Hrdá". Deník (in Czech). 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Edita Hrdá je novou velvyslankyní při Evropské unii. Nahradila Dürra, který skončil po sporu s Babišem" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2023-10-12.