Head of Mission

VERA SHATILOVA – MICAROVA

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the

Kingdom of Norway

/Letters of Credence presented to King Harald V on 29 August 2019/

 

Date and place of birth: 15 April 1977, Sofia                         

Work Experience:

 

January 2019 – June 2019

Acting Director of the State Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria

 

May 2017-December 2018

Counsellor, Head of State Ceremonial Unit at the State protocol Directorate, MFA

 

September 2016 – May 2017

Counsellor, Head of Diplomatic Protocol Unit at the State Protocol Directorate, MFA

 

July 2012- June 2016

First Secretary, Deputy Head of Mission and Consul at the Consulate General of Bulgaria in Los Angeles, USA

 

October 2010 – June 2012

Second Secretary at the Press center Directorate, MFA

 

September 2007 – September 2010

Third Secretary at the Embassy of Bulgaria in Moscow, Russian Federation, Press attaché and Political affairs section

 

May 2002-January 2007

Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate, Attaché, Desk officer for Southern Caucasus

 

Education and training:              

 

January- August 2007

Internship at the European Commission in Brussels, DG RELEX

 

January - March 2006

Course for Young diplomats at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, The Hague, Netherlands

 

1997-2002

Master’s degree in Political science, Sofia University

 

1994-1999

Master’s degree in Russian Linguistics, Sofia University

 

Foreign languages

Proficiency in Russian and English

Working level in French

 

Marital status:

Married. One daughter.