Head of Mission

Valcho Georgiev Markov

Chargé d’affaires

Born in Plovdiv on 19 January 1954.

Graduated from the Russian Language Secondary School in Plovdiv and the Technical University of Sofia.

After winning a competition at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, left for three-year training at the Diplomatic Academy in Moscow.

1988-1990: Third Secretary at the Turkey Section.

1990-1994: Consul at the Consulate General in Istanbul.

1994-1996: Second Secretary at the Turkey Section.

1996-1998: State Expert at the State Protocol Directorate.

1998-2002: Consul at the Consulate General in Istanbul.

2002-2003: State Expert at the State Protocol Directorate.

2003-2004: State Expert at the Turkey Section.

2004-2008: Consul in Zagreb, Croatia.

2008-2009: Head of Department at the State Protocol Directorate.

2009-2011: Consul General in Edirne.

2011-2015: Head of the Consular Office in Istanbul.

2015-2017: State Inspector at the Inspectorate.

Since 9 July 2017: Chargé d’affaires of the Bulgarian Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.