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Elena Shekerletova

 

 

ELENA RADKOVA SHEKERLETOVA

 

Date and place of birth:  06.11.1964, city of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria

 

Education:   Master’s degree in Law at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Specialization in Constitutional and International Public Law at Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg

European Studies Course at the European Academy, Berlin "Bertolt Brecht" High school for intensive study of German Language, Pazardzhik

 

Personal Diplomatic rank:             Ambassador

Professional career:  

1990–1992                                     Expert in Legal Affairs at the Administration of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria

 

1992                                                 Starts working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria

 

1992–2011                           

Works as Advisor and Head of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Minister Plenipotentiary at the Bulgarian Embassy in Vienna, Austria; Expert at Consular Affairs Directorate, MFA; Advisor and Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chief of mission, Bulgarian Diplomatic Bureau in Bonn, Germany; State expert and Head of Unit at Europe II Directorate, MFA; Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Head of Mission at the Bulgarian Embassy in Berlin, Germany; Head of Unit at European countries Directorate, MFA

 

2012–2016                                     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Austria

 

2017-2019                                      Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

2019-2023                                      Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Federal Republic of Germany

 

July 2023 April 2024                  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

May 2024 -   July 2024                  Ambassador at Large at Southeast Europe Directorate, MFA

Since September 2024                  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

                       

Awards:                                           

Silver Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria /2007/; Golden Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria /2015/; Order of Leopold, Golden Cross /2016/; Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria  /2017/; Golden Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria /2018/; Grand Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany /2023/

 

Foreign Languages:                       German, Spanish, English, Russian, Chinese

 

Marital status:                                Married, one son, born 1988

 

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