Georgi Panayotov | |
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Bulgaria Ambassador to the United States | |
Assumed office 22 March 2022 | |
President | Rumen Radev |
Prime Minister | Kiril Petkov |
Preceded by | Tihomir Stoytchev |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 12 May 2021 – 13 December 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Stefan Yanev |
Preceded by | Krasimir Karakachanov |
Succeeded by | Stefan Yanev |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Bulgaria |
Georgi Velikov Panayotov (Bulgarian: Георги Великов Панайотов; born 1968) is a Bulgarian politician who was a minister in the Yanev II government, serving as Minister of Defence of Bulgaria.[1][2] He is currently the Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States since May 2022. He has held numerous posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs department for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He was the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations.[3]