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Qatar, Doha, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

Head of Mission

Head of mission

 

Metin Kazak

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

 

Date of birth 29/07/1972

 

WORK  EXPERIENCE
 
June 2009- June 2014
 
Member of the European Parliament, representing the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
▪  Vice- Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights (DROI); Coordinator of the Committee on International Trade (INTA); Substitute member of Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET); Member of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee(JPC); Substitute member of the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula;
 
June 2007 - June 2009
Member of the European Parliament, representing the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). Substitute member of Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE); Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia;
 
April 2005 - May 2007
Deputy National Ombudsman
National Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria
▪  Assisting the National Ombudsman in the exercise of his functions - Defence of Human and Civil Rights against acts and activities of the Executive bodies and the Public Administration in Bulgaria;
 
August 2001 - April 2005
Head of the Office of the Minister without Portfolio
Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria
▪  General organisation of the activities of the Political Office of the Minister without Portfolio, supporting him in his functions of coordination of missions of relevant State Agencies in line with government policy;
 
March 2000 - July 2001
Expert at the Political Office of the Minister without Portfolio, responsible for the National Council on Ethnic and Demographic Issues within the Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria
▪  Dealing with minorities issues, human rights and supporting the Minister without Portfolio in the management of the European and other International Programs on Integration of Ethnic Groups into the Bulgarian society;
 
April 1999
Judicial candidate at Sofia District Court
Sofia District Court
▪  Mandatory internship for Bulgarian law graduates;
 
April 1998 - July 1998
Assistant in Civil Service Organisation PHARE Public Administration Reform Programme BG 9317 at the Administration of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Civil Service Organisation PHARE Public Administration
▪  Working on issues of Public Procurement legislation Reform in Bulgaria. Translation of SIGMA Programme’s edited “Public Procurement Manual”;
 
April 1997 - July 1997
Assistant to the Euro Info Center’s Legal Advisor at the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Region of Burgundy, France
Euro Info Center, Dijon, France;
▪  Legal Advice and Consulting for potential investors in Burgundy region, France;
 
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 
 
1996 - 1997
Master’s Degree in International and European Law
 
University of Burgundy, Dijon, France;
 
1992 - 1996
Bachelor’s Degree in International and European Law
 
University of Burgundy, Dijon, France;
 
 
1990
High school diploma
 
Targovishte city, Bulgaria;
 
 
Languages
Native: Turkish and Bulgarian
 
Foreign: French, English and Russian

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