  pavel teliÄka (born 21 august 1965)british council biography. archived is a czech lobbyist and politician. ==early life== born in washington, d.c. as the son of a communist diplomat. after his graduation from the faculty of law, charles university in prague, in 1986, he joined the ministry of foreign affairs of czechoslovakia. in the following years, he held various positions in the czechoslovak â later czech â ministry, including the deputy minister of foreign affairs, and in the czech mission to the european union (eu) in brussels. from 1998 onwards, he served as chief negotiator for the accession of the czech republic to the european union. ==european union== in february 2004 czech government nominated miloÅ¡ kuÅ¾vart, the former czech environment minister, as a candidate for the eu commissioner. kuÅ¾vart, however, was allegedly not able to communicate in any foreign language, although he does in fact speak english, and allegedly lacked insight into eu affairs. he stepped down in a dramatic way after his first candidate visit in brussels. under time pressure the government nominated teliÄka. when the czech republic entereded the eu on 1 may 2004 teliÄka became eu commissioner in the prodi commission. he shared the portfolio of health and consumer protection with david byrne. he held this post only until november 2004; he did not continue in the following barroso commission due to a czech government crisis in summer 2004. he was succeeded as the czech commissioner by vladimÃ­r Å pidla, the former czech prime minister who resgined during the crisis. soon after, in december 2004, he co-founded bxl consulting with offices in prague and brussels. bxl consulting was providing consultancy in eu affairs but as of 2014 it is no longer doing so.http://zpravy.idnes.cz/domaci.aspx?r=domaci&c=a041210_221112_domaci_pol&t=a041210_221112_domaci_pol&r2=domacihttp://www.bxl.cz/en/ in 2013 he supported ano 2011 lead by andrej babiÅ¡ in the [[czech le
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