Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra of Czech Republic

After organizing a demonstration in January 1989, Vondra was imprisoned for two months.

In 1990-1992, Vondra was foreign policy advisor to President Václav Havel.

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

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

Czech vice-premier for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra meets the media after his talks with Gazprom CEO Alexander Medvedev, in Prague Saturday, Jan 3, 2009.

Vondra said that the European Union has tools with which to secure gas supplies in the long term even if Russia and Ukraine failed to reach agreement soon or if their disputes over gas continued in the future as well.

We reject being part of the dispute," Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra said Saturday.

Alexandr Vondra was appointed Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States by Czech President Vaclav Havel in the spring of 1997.

Alexandr “Sascha” Vondra is one of the Czech Republic’s most popular statesmen and diplomats, partly because he took part in the struggle against the Communist system and was imprisoned for his views.

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PRAGUE) - The Czech government will send the European Union's reform treaty to lawmakers for approval by the end of the month, deputy prime minister and minister for European affairs Alexandr Vondra said Sunday.

BRUSSELS) - The treaty replacing the EU's failed constitution should treat member states equally and help transfer some powers back to them, Czech vice prime minister Alexandr Vondra said Thursday.

Vondra said the Czech Republic supported the model proposed by Poland, which he described as an important country.

Alexandr Vondra was appointed the Czech Republic’s deputy prime minister for European affairs in January 2007.

Speaking on a panel discussion on missile defense, Vondra said that he is in full agreement of “NATO-izing” the missile defense project, bringing the US.

Vondra was forced to work in fields outside of his profession, first as a boiler-man and later as a computer programmer.

Vondra was a Transatlantic Fellow in the German Marshall Fund of the US.

Vondra joined Dutko Worldwide, a US.

Vondra has received numerous awards.

Mr Vondra is fluent in English and Russian, as well as his native Czech.

Vondra is married to Martina Vondrova.

By 1989 Vondra had become a spokesperson for the organization Charter 77 and a co-founder of the Civic Forum movement, eventually earning himself two months in prison for his role in organizing opposition demonstrations in January 1989.

Since the revolution, Vondra has served as a foreign policy advisor to President Havel in several capacities, including Deputy Foreign Minister.

In her remarks she quipped that Vondra had lived out the Soviet dream, rising from a boilermaker to become Ambassador to the United States.

Since November 2003, Alexandr Vondra has been a Transatlantic Fellow in the German Marshall Fund of the US.

An active opponent to the communist regime in Czechoslovakia prior to 1989, Vondra was a signatory of Charter 77 and also the manager of the rock band Národní třída.

missile shield, a project that has infuriated Russia, Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra said on Tuesday.

I informed the minister that we want to discuss the issue with Germany and within the NATO alliance,' Vondra said after meeting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

During the mid-1980s, Sasha Vondra was active in Czechoslovakia's democratic opposition, printing and distributing government-suppressed literature in samizdat and working with opposition groups in neighboring countries.

Vondra has been awarded the Cross of Merit by the Czech Minister of Defense and the Democracy Service Medal by the National Endowment for Democracy.

Vondra said in response to criticism from French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the EU presidency.

Vondra was ambassador in Washington from March 1997 to July 2001.

level of fraud that Cerny indulged in, in order to make the sculpture: Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra said he was only informed on Monday that the installation was not the work of 27 European artists, but David Cerny and two colleagues.

In an official declaration, Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra said he was only informed on Monday that the installation was not the work of 27 European artists, but of David Cerny and two colleagues.

he’s a great guy! Best of all, the artwork is the product of fraud : Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra said he was only informed on Monday that the installation was not the work of 27 European artists, but David Cerny and two colleagues.

Today in EuropeOn Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra said that he had been misled by Cerny, who was commissioned to undertake the work and presented it as an installation made up of contributions from around the EU.

Czech deputy prime minister Alexandr Vondra said his government would announce tomorrow what action it intended to take.

a degree from the School of Natural Sciences, Department of Geography.