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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Edita Hrdá
| image               = Edita Hrdá (2013) (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Edita Hrdá in 2013
| office              = Ambassador of the [[Czech Republic]] to the [[United Nations]] in [[New York City|New York]]
| term_start          = 2011
| term_end            = 2015
| predecessor         = [[Martin Palouš]]
| successor           = [[Marie Chatardová]]
| office2             = 9th permanent representative of the [[Czech Republic]] to the [[European Union]]
| termstart2          = 1 October 2020
| predecessor2        = [[Jakub Dürr]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1963|12|30|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
| alma_mater          = [[Prague University of Economics and Business]]
| profession          = [[Diplomat]]
}}
'''Edita Hrdá''' (born 30 December 1963) is a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] diplomat, Senior Director of the [[European External Action Service]] for the [[Americas]] from 2015 to 2020 and a permanent representative of the [[Czech Republic]] to the [[European Union]] from 2020.
== Biography ==
Hrdá graduated from the [[Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Prague|Faculty of International Relations]] of the [[Prague University of Economics and Business|University of Economics in Prague]] in 1986. Subsequently, she worked as a translator and an [[Language interpretation|interpreter]] of [[German language|German]] and [[Spanish language]]s. She studied in a diplomatic academy, initially in [[Madrid]], then in [[Vienna]], from 1991.
From 2011 to 2015, she served as a permanent representative of the [[Czech Republic]] to the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyril Svoboda misi v OSN nepovede, do čela zamíří Edita Hrdá |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/domaci/1303219-cyril-svoboda-misi-v-osn-nepovede-do-cela-zamiri-edita-hrda |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=[[ČT24]]|publisher=[[Czech Television]]|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-21 |title=Nejvlivnější česká úřednice v Bruselu- Edita Hrdá |url=https://euroskop.cz/2015/12/21/nejvlivnejsi-ceska-urednice-v-bruselu-edita-hrda/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Euroskop |language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Česká velvyslankyně u OSN míří do vedení evropské diplomacie|url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/zahranicni-evropa-ceska-velvyslankyne-u-osn-miri-do-vedeni-evropske-diplomacie-335762 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=[[Novinky.cz]]|language=cs}}</ref> In October 2020, she became the permanent representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union, thus replacing [[Jakub Dürr]] in the position.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-26 |title=Potvrzeno. Velvyslanec při EU Dürr končí, vystřídá ho diplomatka Hrdá |language=cs |work=[[Deník]] |url=https://www.denik.cz/evropa-pro-cechy/eu-cesko-velvyslanec-20200726.html |access-date=2023-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-01 |title=Edita Hrdá je novou velvyslankyní při Evropské unii. Nahradila Dürra, který skončil po sporu s Babišem |url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/evropska-unie-edita-hrda-velvyslankyne_2010011228_kar |access-date=2023-10-12 |publisher=[[Czech Radio]]|language=cs}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://aa.ecn.cz/img_upload/666f72756d35302d6669313030313139/hrda_edita_novy.pdf Curriculum vitae]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125626/http://fmv.vse.cz/absolventi-fmv-v-diplomacii-stala-predstavitelka-cr-v-osn-edita-hrda/ Absolventi FMV v diplomacii] (in Czech)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222102615/http://zpravy.e15.cz/domaci/udalosti/velvyslankyne-edita-hrda-nastupuje-na-ceskou-misi-pri-osn-v-pondeli-2-448652 Česká velvyslankyně u OSN míří do vedení evropské diplomacie] (in Czech)
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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Permanent Representatives of the Czech Republic to the United Nations]]
[[Category:Czech women diplomats]]
[[Category:Diplomats from Prague]]
[[Category:Prague University of Economics and Business alumni]]