Head of Mission

Vassil Petkov Valchev

Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Istanbul, the Republic of Turkey

First name / Surname  -  Vassil Petkov Valchev

Date of birth - 29/01/1970

Education and training

1984-1989    English Language School, Plovdiv, Bulgaria -Teacher of English language /primary education/

1989-1994    St. Kliment Ohridsky University, Sofia, Bulgaria - Law Faculty/LLM-Master of Law

Work experience

September 2000 - June 2004 – Consul in the Consulate General of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki, Greece

January 2005 – October 2007 – European projects development in Bulgaria

October 2007 – July 2010 - Economic Counsellor – Head of Commercial and Economic Department at the Embassy of Bulgaria in the Slovak Republic

August 2011 – August 2015 -   Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki, Greece

January 2016 – July 2020 -   Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Edirne, Republic of Turkey

April 2021 - Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey

Languages

English, Greek, Slovak - proficient user

Married with two children