Hynek Kmoníček

Hynek Kmoníček
Czech Republic Ambassador to Vietnam
Assumed office
1 September 2022
PresidentMiloš Zeman
Petr Pavel
Preceded byVítězslav Grepl
Czech Republic Ambassador to the United States
In office
16 March 2017  31 August 2022
PresidentMiloš Zeman
Preceded byPetr Gandalovič
Succeeded byMiloslav Stašek
Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President
In office
28 March 2013  15 March 2017
PresidentMiloš Zeman
Preceded byLadislav Mravec
Succeeded byRudolf Jindrák
Czech Republic Ambassador to Australia
In office
17 May 2011  20 March 2013
PresidentVáclav Klaus
Miloš Zeman
Preceded byJuraj Chmiel
Succeeded byMartin Pohl
Czech Republic Ambassador to India
In office
10 October 2006  2009
PresidentVáclav Klaus
Preceded byJaromír Novotný
Succeeded byMiloslav Stašek
Czech Republic Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
23 October 2001  2006
PresidentVáclav Havel
Václav Klaus
Preceded byVladimír Galuška
Succeeded byMartin Palouš
Personal details
Born (1962-10-22) 22 October 1962
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political partyČSSD
SpouseIndira Gumarova
ResidenceNew York City
Alma materUniversity of South Bohemia
Charles University in Prague

Hynek Kmoníček (born 22 October 1962) is a Czech diplomat and the current Czech Ambassador to Vietnam. Previously, Kmoníček served as foreign policy advisor of the President Miloš Zeman, and held ambassadorial posts including Czech Permanent representative to the United Nations in New York and subsequently as Ambassador to India, Australia, and the United States.