Georgi Velikov Panayotov

Georgi Velikov Panayotov (Bulgarian: Георги Великов Панайотов; born 1968) is a Bulgarian diplomat who has held numerous posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and in the foreign affairs department of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He is currently the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations.

Biography

Born in the Bulgarian People's Republic, Panayotov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with a master's degree in politics. From 1995 until 2000 he was the political officer of the Bulgarian embassy in Tirana, Albania, and then the deputy head of multilateral cooperation in the southeastern European department of the foreign ministry. From 2002, Panayotov was the deputy chief of mission at the Bulgarian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, until 2007, and in 2010 he was appointed as political officer and deputy chief of mission at the Bulgarian embassy in Washington, DC. From 2014 until 2016 Panayotov worked as the head of NATO's foreign affairs department. Since September 2016 he has been the permanent representative of Bulgaria to the UN.[1]

Along with his native Bulgarian, is fluent in English, Russian, German, and Albanian.[1]

References

1. New Permanent Representative of Bulgaria Presents Credentials. UN press office. Published 9 September 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.