Karel Schwarzenberg

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Czech politician, minister of foreign affairs and vice prime minister (1937-2023)

PoliticiansLived 1937 to 2023 · aged 85

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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.

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Orlík Castle in South Bohemia, since 1802 the seat of the Karel Schwarzenberg family Dřevíč Castle in Central Bohemia, the personal residence of Karel Schwarzenberg

Karel Schwarzenberg and Czech ex-president Václav Havel, 2008

Schwarzenberg with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, 2010

Schwarzenberg and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a press conference

Karel Schwarzenberg on graffiti in Prague (2013)

Awards 15

2023Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion

2020Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class

2019Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Diplomacy

2008Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2005Grand Cross of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria

2003Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III

1991Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

1989European Human Rights Prize

Grand Gold Decoration of Styria

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Marion Dönhoff Award

Bene Merito

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal

Badge of honor «For services to the Crimean Tatar people»

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SpouseTherese Schwarzenberg

FatherKarel VI of Schwarzenberg

MotherAntonia Schwarzenberg

ChildJohannes Nepomucenus Schwarzenberg

ChildAnna Carolina Schwarzenberg

SiblingMarie Eleonore von Bredow

SiblingFriedrich Schwarzenberg

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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 and in the Senate from 2004 until 2010.