Ambassador Assoc. Prof. Petr VOZNICA, Ph.D., Army Maj. Gen. (ret.)
Education: | |
1969-1973 | Secondary School; Chemistry, Ostrava |
1973-1977 | Military College of Ground Forces; Military Chemistry (ing./M.A.), Vyškov na Moravě |
1985-1987 | Military Academy; Postgraduate Degree, Military Chemistry, Brno |
1982-1987 | Military Academy; External Scientific Studies (CSc./Ph.D.), Brno |
1994 | Military Academy; General Staff Course, Strategy and Operational Skills, Brno |
1996 | Royal College of Defence Studies; Strategy, International Policy and Relations, London, U.K. |
1998 | Naval Postgraduate School; Defense Resource Management Institute, Defense Resource Management, Monterey, California, U.S.A |
1999 | George C. Marshall Centre; Policy Decision Making Course, Garmisch – Partenkirchen, Germany |
2001 | Military College of Ground Forces; Scientific Degree (doc.), Crisis Management, Vyškov na Moravě |
1998 | Honorary Professor, Federal Emergency Management Institute, Washington, USA |
2003 | Honorary Member, Institute of Strategy Studies, Defence University, Brno |
Career: | |
1977-1994 | A full spectrum of command and staff appointments, Czech (resp. Czechoslovak) Armed Forces |
1994-1996 | Deputy Commander, 2nd Army Corps, Olomouc |
1997 | Commander, 2nd Army Corps, Olomouc |
1997-1999 | Commander, Territorial Defence Forces, Tábor |
2000-2001 | General Director, Defence Planning Division, Czech MoD, |
30/6/2001 | Retired from the Armed Forces, rank of Major General |
1/7/2001 | Joined Foreign Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
9/2001-8/2005 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the CR to the Republic of Lithuania |
9/2001-9/2002 | Head of the NATO Contact Point Embassy to the Republic of Lithuania |
8/2005-9/2009 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the CR to the Republic of Iraq |
9/2009-9/2014 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the CR to the Republic of Slovenia |
28/10/2014 | Fully retired |
Decorations: | |
1997 | For Merits I. grade |
1998 | Cross of Merit MoD I. grade, holder of another 23 medals and decorations |
Contact: | voznica.petr@post.cz |