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{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix =H.E.
| name =Martin Palouš
| honorific-suffix =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1950|10|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]
| spouse =Mrs. Pavla Paloušová
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| imagesize =200px
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| office =[[Permanent Representative]] to the UN for the [[Czech Republic]] [[image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|25px]]
| country =
| term_start =11 September 2006
| term_end =<!– Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number –>
| predecessor = Hynek Kmonicek<ref>[http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/bio3394.doc.htm UN Press Release Presentation of Credentials-Kmonicek] retrieved 2008-10-01</ref><!– Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number –>
| successor =<!– Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number –>
| president =<!– Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number –>
| office2 =Ambassador to the [[United States]] for the Czech Republic
| term_start2 =2001
| term_end2 =2005
| predecessor2 =[[Alexandr Vondra]]
| successor2 =[[Petr Kolar]]
|}}

”’Martin Palous”’ or ”Palouš” (born 14 October 1950 in [[Prague]], Czech Republic) is the [[Permanent Representative]] to the [[United Nations]] for the [[Czech Republic]]. He presented his credentials to [[UN Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]] on 11 September 2006. Palouš is married to Pavla Paloušová and they have two children.

==Education==
Palouš has a Doctorate of [[Natural Sciences]] degree in [[chemistry]] from [[Charles University]] in Prague. He has also studied [[philosophy]], [[social sciences]], and law. Currently, he is completing his [[doctoral thesis]] in [[international law]] at [[Masaryk University]] in [[Brno]].

==Career==
Palouš was the Czech Republic Ambassador to the United States prior to taking office at the United Nations. His other diplomatic and political appointments include the Czech Republic’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He was also a founding member of the [[Civic Forum]]. He was elected to the Federal Assembly in 1990 and was then a member of its Foreign Affairs Committee.

Being one of the first signers of [[Charter 77]], he served as spokesman for the [[human rights]] group. Palouš has also had an active academic career, holding a number of teaching positions, and also lectured at Northwestern University in the United States from 1993 to 1994.

==See also==
*[[List of Permanent Representatives to the UN]]

==References==
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*[http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/bio3791.doc.htm United Nation Press Release Presentation of Credentials: Palous]

==External links==
*[http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/?zu=un.newyork Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic]

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