Jakub Kulhánek was appointed Minister of Foreign Aff airs of the Czech Republic in April 2021. He was previously Deputy Minister of the Interior (2018-2021), Deputy Minister of Foreign Aff airs (2014-2016) and Deputy Minister of Defence (2014). He has worked as a researcher at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels (2012), at the Association for International Aff airs in Prague (2007-2012) and spent some time on internships at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and the Euro-Asian Strategy Project.