Head of Cabinet
Rumyana Kamberska is a career diplomat. Appointed Head of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in July 2023.
Previous experience:
2022 – 2023 Head of the Common Security and Defence Policy Department, EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Directorate, MFA
2018 – 2022 Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in The Hague, The Netherlands
2017 – 2018 Diplomat at the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Directorate, MFA
Chair of the “Terrorism – International Aspects” (COTER) Working Party and deputy-chair of the Working Party on restrictive measures to combat terrorism (COMET) during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2018
2013 – 2017 Diplomat at the EU Policies and Institutions Directorate, Department for EU Economic and Financial Matters, MFA
2011 - 2013 Diplomat at the Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the EU, Brussels, Belgium
Representative – Mashreq/Maghreb WP; Middle East and Gulf WP; ad-hoc WP on the Middle East Peace Process
2009 Seconded to the European Commission as structural trainee, Directorate General for External Relations (DG RELEX), Brussels, Belgium
2006 – 2011 Diplomat at the European Integration and later – at the European Union Directorate, MFA
2005 – 2006 Senior expert at the International Cooperation and European Integration Directorate, State Agency for Child Protection
Education and training:
Graduated with Master’s Degree in European Integration and Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria.
CEEPUS exchange student at Palacký University, Olomouc, the Czech Republic.
Trainings at the Diplomatic Academies of Ireland and the Czech Republic, Clingendael Institute, Institut Des Hautes Etudes De Défense Nationale (IHEDN), The Royal Institute for International Relations (EGMONT) and the European Security and Defence College.
Language proficiency:
English, French, Russian.