Mag. Radi Naidenov Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria   Date and Place of birth: 24 August 1962, Sofia Marital status: married

Educational Background:

• 1976-1981 German Language Secondary School in Sofia
• 1983-1989 Study on the Higher School of Economics in Sofia
• 1989 Magister in International Relations
  
  

Professional Experience:  

• 1981-1983 Bulgarian Army
• 1990-1992 Bulgarian Agrarian Union (BZNS), Department for Foreign Policy
• 1992 Ministry of Defence, Department "Policy and Security"? Expert in foreign policy  
• Dec. 1992-1993 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Department 'Europe & North America' - Desk officer for Scandinavia and Germany
• 1994-1996 Attache and 3d Secretary in the Embassy in Bern, Switzerland
• 1997-1999 2d Secretary, Desk officer for Germany, Department 'Europe & North America' MFA, Secretary of the Kommission Bulgaria-Bavaria
• 1999-2001 1st Secretary in the Embassy in Berlin, Germany
• 2001-2002 Deputy Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence
• 2002 Counsellor  
• 2002-2005 Chief of Cabinet of the Prime Minister, Council of  Ministers
• 2004 Minister plenipotentiary
• 2005 Ambassador
• since 13 September 2005 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Austria
  
  

Qualification:

• Aug. 1993 - Dec. 1993 - Training course for young diplomats from Central and Eastern Europe, Berlin/Bonn, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany
• Jan.1998 - May 1998 - Executive Course 98-1, Garmisch-Partenkirchen/FRG: Graduate of the College of International and Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security  Studies
• Aug. 1998 - IX. European Summer Academy – Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, Brussels
• June 2003 - Individual Visitor Program of the U.S. Department of State (Washington D.C., Texas, Utah, Massachusetts, New York)
• May 2005 - Sejour d’etudes, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres (Paris)
  
  

Languages:

• German
• English
• Russian