Full Name
Václav Bartuška
Job Title
Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security
Company
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Speaker Bio

Vaclav Bartuška assumed the position of Ambassador at Large for Energy Security of the Czech Republic in 2006. He works on a wide range of issues that include oil and gas supplies and energy strategy.

Mr Bartuška was involved in negotiations with Russia, Ukraine and EU leadership during the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine in January 2009, when the Czech Republic held the EU presidency. In 2010, the Czech government appointed him as Commissioner for Expansion at the Temelin nuclear power plant.

Since 2003, Mr Bartuška has taught modern history and security studies at New York University’s Prague campus, and in 2017, he joined Czech Technical University.

 

Václav Bartuška