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Ivan Kondov - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Date of birth: 10 August 1968

 

Education

1994: International Relations, University of National and World Economy, Sofia

Qualifications

2003: Course in International Security at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland;

1996: Course in International Relations at the Diplomatic School in Madrid, Spain.

 

Career

3 May 2023 – Minister of Foreign Affairs as a member of the Caretaker Government appointed by decree of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Mr. Rumen Radev;

2021-2023: Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria;

2017-2021: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Spain;

2012-2016: Director of the Protocol Directorate at the Administration of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria;

2009-2012: Bulgaria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy;

2007-2009: Director of the State Protocol Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

2003-2007: First Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to NATO in Brussels, Belgium;

2001-2003: Chief Expert at the NATO Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

1998-2001: Attaché (Political Affairs and Press) at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in London, United Kingdom;

1995-1998: Expert at the European Countries Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 

Languages

Fluent in: Spanish, English, French and Italian; working knowledge of Russian and Portuguese