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! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" | Elena Poptodorova
 
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Ambassador Extraordinary and <br/> Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria <br> to the United States
 
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color: white" | '''Incumbent'''
 
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Assumed office
 
August 10, 2010
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | President
 
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Parvanov Georgi Parvanov]
 
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | Born
 
| August 31, 1951 (Age: 62)
 
Sofia, Bulgaria
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | Spouse(s)
 
| Georgi Petrov
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | Profession
 
| Diplomat
 
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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.
  
== Political Career ==  
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== Biography ==  
  
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.
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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, 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.
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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, she was Bulgaria’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, when Bulgaria became a member of NATO and the EU.
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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)
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[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)]
 
 
== External Links ==
 
  
[http://www.bulgaria-embassy.org/webpage/cv/Elena%20Poptodorova.htm Official Page]
 
 
[[Category:ICD_Advisory_Board_Members]]
 
[[Category:ICD_Advisory_Board_Members]]

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