The Czech Republic is a Central European country,a member of the European Union,the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),the United Nations. It entertains diplomatic relations with 191 countries of the world,around half of which maintain a resident embassy in the Czech capital city,Prague.
Stephen Miller was an American Republican politician. He was the first Civil War veteran to serve as Minnesota Governor. He was the fourth Governor of Minnesota.
Gene P. Pelowski,Jr. is an American politician,teacher,and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represents District 26A,which includes the cities of Winona and Goodview and parts of Winona County in southeastern Minnesota.
Roger Moe is an American politician who served as a member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for governor in the 2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
A connection between Iraq and al-Qaeda came through an alleged meeting between September 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and Iraqi consulate in April 2001. This alleged connection is notable because it was a key claim used by the Bush administration to justify the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The Czech counterintelligence service claimed that Mohamed Atta el-Sayed,a September 11 hijacker,met with Ahmad Samir al-Ani,the consul at the Iraqi Embassy in Prague,in a caféin Prague. This claim,sometimes known as the "Prague connection",is generally considered to be false and has been said to be unsubstantiated by the Senate Intelligence Committee in the United States.
Margaret Anderson Kelliher is an American politician,Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works,former Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation,and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,she represented District 60A,which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. First elected in 1999,she served until 2011,also serving as the Speaker from 2007 to 2011. She is the second woman to hold the position of House speaker. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the DFL nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 2010 gubernatorial election,losing to former Senator Mark Dayton. Anderson left the Minnesota House of Representatives at the conclusion of her term in 2011 and re-entered politics when she ran for the DFL nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota's 5th congressional district in 2018,losing to Ilhan Omar. Since 2019 Kelliher,has worked in transportation management roles for the government,first as Commissioner of MnDOT,and later as Director of Public Works for the city of Minneapolis.
Raymond R. Cox was a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from District 25B,which includes the communities of Belle Plaine,Bridgewater,Cedar Lake,Dundas,Erin,Forest,Helena,Lonsdale,Nerstrand,Northfield,Shieldsville,Webster,Wheatland and Wheeling,as well as several townships in Rice and Scott counties just south of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
The United States and Norway have a very long tradition of positive relations.
Rodney Newell Searle Sr. was a Minnesota farmer,insurance agent,and public servant. Born and raised in urban New Jersey,Searle moved to rural Minnesota in 1947 with his wife Jane and their two young children. With no prior experience in agriculture,they moved to a farm,and soon were raising crops and livestock. He also became heavily involved in community activities.
Bilateral relations between the Czech Republic and Japan were established in 1919 by Czechoslovakia and Japan.
Kurt Zellers is an American politician who served as speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and minority leader from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented the 34B district in Hennepin County. He was a candidate in the 2014 Minnesota gubernatorial election,losing in the Republican primary.
Jeanne E. Poppe is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 27B,which includes all or portions of Dodge,Freeborn,and Mower counties in the southeastern part of the state. She is an educator and counselor at Riverland Community College,with campuses in Albert Lea,Austin and Owatonna.
Michael Edward Obermueller is a Minnesota lawyer and politician,a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 38B in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area from 2009 to 2011. In 2012 and 2014 Obermueller was the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for United States Congress in the second congressional district,challenging incumbent John Kline.
New Prague High School is a public secondary school in New Prague,Minnesota,United States serving the communities of New Prague,Lonsdale,and Elko New Market. The school has a ninety-eight percent or better graduation rate on average,and ninety percent of graduates attend a post-secondary institution.
Kurt Louis Daudt is an American politician and former Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He is also a former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 27B,which included portions of Anoka,Isanti,and Sherburne counties in east-central Minnesota,north of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He lives on his family farm in Crown,Minnesota.
Maxim Behar is a Bulgarian businessman of Jewish descent. He is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of M3 Communications Group,Inc,a public relations and public affairs company,and a Hill+Knowlton Strategies partner since 2000. Behar is also president of the International Communications Consultancy Organization,board member of PR Museum in New York,and a frequent speaker at national and international events. He is also Chairman of the Board of World Communications Forum in Davos.
The seventy-seventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 8,1991. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 6,1990.
The seventy-fifth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 6,1987. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 4,1986.
The Consulate General of Sweden,Minneapolis was the diplomatic mission of Sweden in Minneapolis between 1963 and 1989. The consulate originated from the honorary vice consulate opened in 1908,which was converted into a consulate in 1934 and into a consulate general in 1963. Along with those in New York City,San Francisco,Montreal,Chicago,and Houston,the consulate belonged to the so-called "heritage consulates" due to the large number of inheritance cases it handled.
