Velizar Shalamanov

DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Date and place of birth – 24.12.1961, Karlovo, Bulgaria

Education:

Kiril Popov Mathematical High School, Plovdiv, Bulgaria /graduated with a gold medal and honors/;
Benkovski Air Force Academy, Dolna Mitropolia, Bulgaria /graduated with a gold medal and honors/, MA/MSc in Radio Electronics;
KVIRTU-PVO, Kiev, Ukraine, Doctor of Cybernetics;
S. Rakovski Military Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria, MA/MSc in Organization and Management of Operational-Tactical Intelligence

Professional career:

2017 – Associate Professor at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
2019-2021 – Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the NATO Communications and Information Agency /NCI Agency/;
2018-2021 — Deputy Director of the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
2021 – Member of Parliament in the 45^th and 46^th National Assembly;
2014 – Minister of Defense in the Caretaker Government of President Plevneliev;
2013-2017 – Customer Cooperation Director at the NCI Agency;
2009-2012 – Partnerships and Cooperation Director at the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency /NC3A/;
2001-2009 – Advisor to the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on National Security and Defense, Head of the Research and Development of Information Systems Section at the Institute for Parallel Information Processing;
1998-2001 – Deputy Minister of Defense, responsible for defense Policy, Planning and Integration
1984-1998 – Officer at the Bulgarian Army.

Additional Information:

Specializations in the Federal Republic of Germany and the USA. Recognized with several awards by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Bulgaria and international organizations. Participated in Advisory Councils and Boards of several organizations, such as DCAF, AFCEA Int., CoE CMDR, GATE Institute, CIDC-AUBG, etc.

Foreign languages: English and Russian.

Married, one child.