Head of Mission
Head of mission
Ambassador Hristo Kraevski
Date of birth: 23 March 1972
Nationality: Bulgarian
Ambassador Hristo Kraevski is a high ranking civil servant with more than 20 years of intensive professional experience at the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Further experience acquired in the field of European parliamentary diplomacy on the position of Permanent representative of Bulgarian Parliament to the European Parliament. Extensive leadership experience on the position of Head of Press and Public relations Directorate of Bulgarian Parliament.
Actively involved in a number of initiatives related to regional policies with a focus on the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP).
Education
1991 – First English Language School in Sofia;
1996 – Master of journalism and mass communication, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski“. Thesis: “Society and new media - socio-cultural aspects of computer-mediated communication“, being awarded with a certificate for academic contributions
Work experience
2025 - present Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Kosovo
2023 - 2025 Permanent representative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Parliament (based in Brussels, Belgium)
2017 - 2023 „International Relations and Protocol“ Directorate of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
2015 - 2019 Permanent representative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Parliament.
2005 - 2017 Head of “Press and Public relations“ Directorate of Bulgarian Parliament
2010 – 2012 National coordinator of the Parliamentary Dimension of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP)
Training and additional information on education
1993 Certificate for a completed training course for young journalists, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands
1999 Training course for young political leaders, Tokyo, Japan
2024 Scholarship holder of the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation Centre (ECPRD), European Parliament, Brussels
Major professional achievements
Active involvement in the preparation of the Parliamentary Dimension of the first Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the Europеan Union (1 January - 30 June2018)
Main coordinator of the project „Online real-time broadcasting of the BG National Assembly’s plenary”. This strategic and long-term project, realized in cooperation with the Bulgarian National Television, marked a new stage in the development of the democratic parliamentary publicity and greater transparency in the legislative process (2011)
Initiator and author of the project “ European public talks” - information and communication campaign and a platform for debate on the most pressing issues on Europe’s agenda and Bulgarian membership in the European union , BG Parliament 2012 - 2013
Invited as a guest-speaker in the project “Kosovo Assembly Strengthening Program“ - initiative of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Kosovo for improvement of the administrative capacity of the parliamentary administration of the of the Republic of Kosovo, June 2013
Member of interinstitutional working groups and author of many reports on topics related to European parliamentary diplomacy and regional parliamentary cooperation.