Jan Kohout

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Jan Kohout

Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 10 July 2013 – 29 January 2014
Prime Minister	Jiří Rusnok
Preceded by	Karel Schwarzenberg
Succeeded by	Lubomír Zaorálek
In office 8 May 2009 – 13 July 2010
Prime Minister	Jan Fischer
Preceded by	Karel Schwarzenberg
Succeeded by	Karel Schwarzenberg
Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union
In office 19 May 2004 – 2 January 2008
Preceded by	Pavel Telička
Succeeded by	Milena Vicenová
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-29) 29 March 1961 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia

Jan Kohout (born 29 March 1961) is a Czech diplomat and politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in caretaker governments of Jan Fischer and Jiří Rusnok.^[1] Kohout had been a member of the Social Democratic Party before accepting the office of Foreign Minister.

After the Velvet revolution, he entered the Czechoslovak and later Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as Ambassador to the EU in Brussels as well as Deputy Foreign Minister. After Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla resigned in 2004, Kohout was offered the post but refused; Stanislav Gross took over as Premier.

Kohout is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague. He is divorced and has two children.

References

↑ "PhDr. Jan Kohout". Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 21 May 2010. (Czech)

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Official biography

Political offices
Preceded by Karel Schwarzenberg	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2009–2010	Succeeded by Karel Schwarzenberg

	President of the Council of the European Union 1H 2009 (May–June)	Succeeded by Cecilia Malmström
Minister of Foreign Affairs 2013–present	Incumbent

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Jan Fischer

Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs	Jan Kohout

Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Defence	Martin Barták

Minister of Finance	Eduard Janota

Minister for European Affairs	Štefan Füle Juraj Chmiel

Minister of Interior	Martin Pecina

Minister of Industry and Trade	Vladimír Tošovský

Minister of Justice Chairperson of the Government Legislative Council	Daniela Kovářová

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Petr Šimerka

Minister of Transportation	Gustáv Slamečka

Minister of Agriculture	Jakub Šebesta

Minister of Health	Dana Jurásková

Minister of Education	Miroslava Kopicová

Minister of Environment	Ladislav Miko Jan Dusík Jakub Šebesta Rut Bízková

Minister of Culture	Václav Riedlbauch

Minister for Regional Development	Rostislav Vondruška

Minister without Portfolio Chairman of the Legislative Council	Pavel Zářecký

Minister for Human Rights	Michael Kocáb

v t e Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Zieleniec Šedivý Kavan Svoboda Vondra Schwarzenberg Kohout Schwarzenberg Kohout

v t e Current members of the Cabinet

Sobotka Babiš Bělobrádek Brabec Chládek Chovanec Dienstbier Herman Jourová Jurečka Marksová-Tominová Mládek Němeček Prachař Stropnický Válková Zaorálek

Authority control	VIAF: 100856981 NKC: pna2009525952

Persondata
Name	Kohout, Jan
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	29 March 1961
Place of birth	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
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