Czech diplomacy Down Under: Jana Tyrer on her career and role as Czechia’s ambassador to Australia

Photo: Czech Embassy in Canberra

Sent out from the heart of Europe, Czechia’s diplomats represent the country all over the world, including on the far side of the globe. As part of our new series on Czech Women Pioneers, we take a look at Czechia’s female ambassadors, who may still be breaking new ground today in their respective missions to different countries. The first women only began to be appointed to the high office after the fall of communism, such as the first female ambassador to the United States, Rita Klímová, who took up the role in 1990.

You currently hold the position of the Czech Republic’s ambassador to Australia, and I think first and foremost people would be interested to know, how did you get there? What were the necessary steps from your early life in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic to where you are now?.

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Author: Danny Bate