Lebenslauf von Karel Schwarzenberg
- 1937 Born in Prague on December 10, 1937
- 1948 The family was forced to leave to Austria
- 1957 Law and Silviculture Studies at the Universities of Vienna, Munich and Graz
- Since 1965 Management of family estates in Austria and Bavaria
- 1967 Marriage with Dr.Terezia Hardegg
- 1984-1991 President of the International Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. In 1989 he received the Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe together with Lech Walesa.
- 1989 Return to the homeland
- January 1, 1990 Member of the Collegium of Counsellors of President Václav Havel
- July 11, 1990 - July 1992 Chancellor of President Václav Havel
- From 1992 Management of estates in South Bohemia
- 2002 Awarded with the Order of T.G.M. 3rd Class
- December 2004 - May 28, 2010 Senator of the Parliament of the Czech Republic representing the 6th election district
- Since 2005 Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
- 2005-2007 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Committee of the Senate
- 2006-2007 Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- January 9, 2007 - May 8, 2009 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
- Since May 29, 2010 Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Chamber of Deputies)
- Since July 13, 2010 First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Karel Schwarzenberg has 3 children (Jan /1967/, Anna-Carolina /1968/, and Karel-Filip /1979/).