Director, Foreign Activities Directorate

Colonel Lukáš Jelínek

Education

1995 - 1999
Secondary Technical School of Electrical Engineering, Kutná Hora
1999 - 2004
Military Academy Brno, Aviation Technology
2005 - 2008
International and Public Relations College Prague, International Relations and Diplomacy, Bachelor’s degree
2009 - 2011
International and Public Relations College Prague, International Relations and Diplomacy, Master’s degree
2019 - 2020
General Staff Course at École de Guerre, Paris

2004 - 2013
Technical Section Commander, 212^th Tactical Squadron, 21^st Tactical Air Force Base, Čáslav
2013 - 2016
Senior Officer, Watchkeeper, EUMS, Brussels
2016 - 2021
Chief Senior Liaison Officer, MoD Capabilities Planning Division
2021 - 2024
Chief Senior Liaison Officer, Military Advisor, Czech Permanent Delegation to NATO, Brussels
2024 - 2026
Deputy Director, Czech Armed Forces Foreign Activities Directorate – Chief, Foreign Activities Department
2026
Director, Foreign Activities Directorate

2011
Escort Officer, Joint Visitors Bureau, Czech Armed Forces Task Force ISAF – ISAF Command

Czech Armed Forces Service Medal, 3^rd, 2^nd & 1^st grade
Service Abroad Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic – general, 3^rd & 2^nd grade, Afghanistan, 3^rd grade
Czech Armed Forces Honorary Medal of Merit – 3^rd grade
Non Article 5 NATO Medal ISAF Operation