Eisen sworn in as new US Ambassador to Prague

Norman Eisen says he will work to make the US Embassy and Residence in Prague ‘a center of discussion and debate’

Brian Kenety | 15.01.2011

At the swearing-in ceremony, Eisen — known as Obama’s ethics guru — quoted Czechoslovakia’s first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk: ‘Real democracy lies in morality’

Norman L. Eisen, named temporary Ambassador to the Czech Republic by President Barack Obama last month, was sworn in to office on Friday in Washington, D.C. In his speech, the freshly minted US ambassador — known as President Obama’s ethics czar — quoted Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, who said “real democracy lies in morality” and pledged to live up to that precept.

He was joined at the swearing in ceremony by his Czech counterpart in Washington, Chargé d’Affaires Daniel Kostoval. Eisen is expected to officially assume the post on January 28.

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