Head of Mission

Head of Mission                                                                                                                    

Ivan Anguelov Naydenov

Professional career:

Since March 2021 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Portuguese republic

2019 – 2021    Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria

2013-2019      Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to NATO in Brussels

2012 - 2013     Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria

2006 - 2012    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania

2006 - 2007    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Latvia, seated in Warsaw

2005 - 2006     Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA);

Director of the Foreign Policy Coordination and Planning Directorate, MFA

2003 - 2005     Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman in charge of the Bulgarian OSCE

Chairmanship in 2004 and Bulgaria’s contribution to the OSCE Troika in 2003 and 2005Director of the OSCE Chairmanship Directorate, MFA

2002 - 2003    Director of the UN and UNSC Directorate, MFA, responsible for the activities of the Republic of Bulgaria as a non-permanent member of UNSC

1998-2002      Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the UN office in Vienna, the OSCE and other international organizations in Vienna

1997 - 1998     Deputy Director of NATO, WEU and Security Issues Directorate, MFA

1996 – 1997    Expert at the International Organizations Directorate, MFA

1993 - 1996    First Secretary, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria to the UN office in Vienna, the OSCE and other international organizations in Vienna

1990 - 1992     Member of Bulgarian delegations in international conferences

1987 - 1992    Expert at the General International Issues Directorate and International Organizations Directorate,MFA
  

EDUCATION:

1990 - 1991     Postgraduate studies at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna

1984 - 1987    Higher Education, honors degree in International Relations at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations

1981 - 1984     Institute of Economics, Faculty of International Economic Relations, Sofia

1974 -1979      German Language School, Sofia

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in English, German and Russian,

Speaks French

 

MARITAL STATUS:

Married, with a daughter and a son.