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Elena Poptodorova is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to the United States. She took office on August 10, 2010. | Elena Poptodorova is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to the United States. She took office on August 10, 2010. | ||
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− | Elena Poptodorova joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975 | + | Elena Poptodorova joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975 and served from 3rd secretary through minister-counselor in the Secretariat, the State Protocol, the Cabinet of the Minister and the UN and Disarmament Directorates through 1990, when she was elected in the national legislature. |
From 1987 to 1990 she was minister-counselor at the Bulgarian embassy in Rome and Bulgaria’s Consul General to the Republic of San Marino. | From 1987 to 1990 she was minister-counselor at the Bulgarian embassy in Rome and Bulgaria’s Consul General to the Republic of San Marino. | ||
− | Prior to her appointment in Washington, Elena Poptodorova was Director of the Security Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position, which she held for a year since August 1, 2009. In the period 2008 – 2009 | + | Prior to her appointment in Washington, Elena Poptodorova was Director of the Security Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position, which she held for a year since August 1, 2009. In the period 2008 – 2009 she served as Ambassador-at-Large for the Black Sea Region at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before her first mandate as the Ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA, she served as a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Organizations Directorate. |
− | From 2002 to 2008 | + | From 2002 to 2008 she was Bulgaria’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, when Bulgaria became a member of NATO and the EU. |
Member of the National Parliament | Member of the National Parliament | ||
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCuVJ_3pPBs "Cultural Diplomacy and Bulgaria: MOVING forward" A Lecture by H. E. Amb Elena Poptodorova, Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States Bulgarian Embassy, Washington D.C. 2012] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCuVJ_3pPBs "Cultural Diplomacy and Bulgaria: MOVING forward" A Lecture by H. E. Amb Elena Poptodorova, Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States Bulgarian Embassy, Washington D.C. 2012] | ||
− | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qCFiYiBy0Y "Opportunities for International and Intercultural Relations to Enhance Cross & Trans Continental Cooperation" A lecture by H. E. Amb. Elena Poptodorova, ICD Advisory Board Member; Ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA The Washington D.C. Summit on Cross Continental Cooperation (Washington D.C., November 4th - 7th, 2013) | + | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qCFiYiBy0Y "Opportunities for International and Intercultural Relations to Enhance Cross & Trans Continental Cooperation" A lecture by H. E. Amb. Elena Poptodorova, ICD Advisory Board Member; Ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA The Washington D.C. Summit on Cross Continental Cooperation (Washington D.C., November 4th - 7th, 2013)] |
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[[Category:ICD_Advisory_Board_Members]] | [[Category:ICD_Advisory_Board_Members]] |