Daniel Kostoval
Educational Background
- 1990 - 1996
Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Social Science
B.A. – Political Science; B.A. Thesis: Use of Force Under the Authorization of League of Nations
M.A. – International Relations; M.A. Thesis: Use of Force according to Article 42 of UN Charter Under the Authorization of UN Security Council in the Cases of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Somalia - January 1995 - June 1996
Internship: Institute of International Relations, Prague - November - December 1995
Internship: Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN (the Czech Republic was member of the UN Security Council 1994-95)
Languages
- Fluent in English and Russian
- Passive in French
Career
- November 1996 – December 1997
Desk Officer for UN Security Council issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Prague, UN Department - January 1998 – June 1998
Desk Officer for accession of the Czech Republic to NATO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Prague, Security Policy Department - June 1998 – August 2002
3rd Secretary, Delegation of the Czech Republic to NATO, Brussels - 2000 - 2002
Permanent Representative to the Political Committee NATO, Brussels - August 2002 - September 2003
Head of the Unit for NATO relations with Russia, Ukraine and other partner countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Prague, Security Policy Department - September 2003 - September 2006
First Secretary, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Moscow, Political Section - September 2006 - December 2007
Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Prague, Security Policy Department - January 2008 - August 2009
Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Prague, Department of Northern and Eastern Europe - August 2009 – May 2010
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC - June 2010 – May 2011
Chargé d´Affaires a.i., Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC - June 2011 – October 2011
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC - October 2011 – June 2012
Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Prague, Security Policy Department - July 2012 – April 2013
Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Prague, Section of Non-European Countries - April 2013 – February 2014
First Deputy Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic, Prague - February - December 2014
State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic, Prague - January - June 2015
Deputy Minister – Head of the Defence Policy and Strategy Division, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic, Prague - June 2015
Deputy Minister – Head of the Armaments and Acquisition Division, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic, Prague - February 2017
Deputy Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic, Prague
Decorations and Awards
- The Gold Medal of Armed Forces of the Polish Republic
- The Cross of Merits of the Defence Minister - Grade III
- The Cross of Merits of the Chief of the Military Office of President of the Czech Republic, Grade I
- The Remembrance Medal of Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic – Grade I