Name: Top Czech diplomat Martin Povejšil dies at 62
Uploaded: 2023-08-11T07:07:53+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Many tributes have been paid to senior Czech diplomat Martin Povejšil, who has died at the age of 62. Mr. Povejšil held several key posts in over three decades at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and his death is being described as an enormous loss. Martin Povejšil, who died on Monday at the age of

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Many tributes have been paid to senior Czech diplomat Martin Povejšil, who has died at the age of 62. Mr. Povejšil held several key posts in over three decades at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and his death is being described as an enormous loss.

Martin Povejšil, who died on Monday at the age of 62, joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990. In over three decades there he held numerous important posts, including serving as Czechia’s ambassador to NATO, the European Union, Spain and Chile.

Though largely unknown to the general public, Mr. Povejšil was widely respected in foreign policy and security circles at home and abroad, and there has been a constant stream of tributes since the news of his passing.

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Author: Ian Willoughby