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Karel Schwarzenberg
Karel Schwarzenberg was a Czech politician, diplomat and statesman who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic from 2007 to 2009 and then again between 2010 and 2013. Schwarzenberg was leader and co-founder of the TOP 09 party and its candidate for president of the Czech Republic in the 2013 election. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 2010 to 2021…
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business · Czech politician and noble (1937–2023) · politician · entrepreneur · diplomat · foreign minister · skilled forestry worker · also Karel Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenberg
Born 10 December 1937 · Died 12 November 2023 · Q58195
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2023· 8 entries
Yahoo News UK: Prince Karel Schwarzenberg, exiled Czech aristocrat who later became foreign minister in his homeland – obituary
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Republican Herald: Karel Schwarzenberg, Renegade Czech Prince and Politician, Dies at 85
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Free Malaysia Today: Ex-Czech minister Karel Schwarzenberg dies at 85
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Yahoo: Karel Schwarzenberg, former Czech foreign minister and nobleman, dies at 85
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Died 2023-11-12.
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Awarded Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion presented by Petr Pavel (2023).
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Became one of his advisors for foreign policy and internal policy
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2021· 2 entries
Received the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise from Ukraine
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Announced that he would no longer defend his mandate in the upcoming elections due to his deteriorating health
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2020· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class (2020).
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2019· 1 entry
Won Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Diplomacy (2019).
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2017· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2017–2021).
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2015· 1 entry
Received the Marietta and Friedrich Torberg Medal
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2013· 2 entries
“what we committed in 1945 would today be considered a grave violation of human rights and the Czechoslovak government, along with President Beneš, would have found themselves in The Hague,”
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Career landmark: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2013–2017).
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2012· 1 entry
Received the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony – Sächsischer Verdienstorden – in Dresden, Saxony
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2010· 4 entries
Received the Bene Merito honorary badge from the Republic of Poland
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (2010–2013).
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Career landmark: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2010–2013).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–2013).
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2009· 3 entries
And coalition colleague Miroslav Kalousek formed a new Czech political party TOP 09, which they led to success in the general elections of 2010, gaining 16% of the vote and representation in the Czech Parliament
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Career landmark: party leader (2009–2015).
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And he also usually received the most preferential votes in elections
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2008).
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Received the Grand Cross of the Federal Cross of Merit – Bundesverdienstkreuz – of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Schwarzenberg expressed support for Israel's right to defend itself during the Gaza–Israel conflict
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2009).
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2005).
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Received the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria in Silver with Sash
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2004· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (2004–2010).
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III (2003).
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Received the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 3rd Class of the Czech Republic
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1991· 2 entries
Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1991).
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Received the Order of the Golden Fleece (Austrian branch)
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1990· 1 entry
Although he still occasionally visited Austria, where part of his family lives
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1989· 3 entries
Awarded European Human Rights Prize (1989).
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Received together with Lech Wałęsa, later president of Poland, the Council of Europe Human Rights Prize
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Accepted the European Human Rights Prize on behalf of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
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1986· 1 entry
Founded the Dokumentationszentrum zur Förderung der unabhängigen tschechoslowakischen Literatur in Scheinfeld, West Germany
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1945· 1 entry
Would today be considered a grave violation of human rights and the Czechoslovak government, along with President Beneš, would have found themselves in The Hague," referring to the International Criminal Court
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-12-10.
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