Ambassador
KAMEN VELICHKOV
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
DIPLOMATIC CARRIER:
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Thailand, 2008 - present
• Head, Political Issues Department, UN and Global Issues Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2002 – 2008;
National Coordinator for Bulgaria’s participation in the UN initiative Alliance of Civilizations;
• Ambassador at Large, Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, 2004;
• Director for International Cooperation, Ministry of Defense, 2002;
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1996 - 2001;
Permanent representative of Bulgaria to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,
• Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, 1992 –1996;
• Embassy of Bulgaria in Israel – Counselor, Chargé d'Affaires, 1990-1992;
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1986-1990;
Middle East Department; Department of International Organizations - Head of Desk
ACADEMIC AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS:
• Union Européen des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEIA) (1996-present),
• Member of the High Level Reflection Group for the preparation of the Ministerial Meeting “Our Common World: Progress through Diversity”, Astana, 2008;
• Participant in: International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, ICANAS – 37;
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Singapore Cooperation Programme Training Awards: Dispute Resolution Systems: Polices, Structures and Strategies, MFA, Singapore, 2006
• UNITAR –IPA Fellowship Programme In Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy, Holmenkollen, Norway, 2006
• “Georgy S Rakovski” Defense and Staff College, National Security and Defense Faculty, Strategic Leadership of Defense and Armed Forces, 2003 – 2004;
• US department of Defense Fellowship, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Executive Program in Civil Military Relations, 2002;
OTHER INFORMATION:
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: March 16, 1959, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
EDUCATION:
• PhD Research Fellow, Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Science, 2006-present;
• MA in International Relations, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Moscow, 1986;
LINGUISTIC SKILLS:
Native Bulgarian speaker
Fluent in English, French, Arabic, Russian
DECORATIONS:
Orde van Oranje – Nassau, Ridder Grootkruis, The Netherlands, 2001
Order Al Merito Civil, Spain, 1993
Bem Mercer, Grande Official da Ordem do Merito Civil, Portugal, 1994
Commandeur de l'Ordre de l'Honneur, Greece, 1995
Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mérite, France, 1995
MARITAL STATUS:
Married to Maya Nyagolova Velichkova,
Two sons.
Bangkok, January 2009
