Nevyana Miteva
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 
Date/Place of birth: 02.05.1970, Dobrich
Marital status: married
Education: Georgi Rakovski National Defence College, Air Force master's degree
Qualifications:
Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI), the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, USA;
European Security and Defence College, Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium – EU accredited qualification “Integrating a gender perspective into EU CSDP missions“;
Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations (NCGM), Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden – UN and NATO accredited international qualification Gender advisor - GENAD.
Professional experience:
2000–2007
Air Force Staff Officer
2007–2009
International relations within the Office of the Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces
2009–2016
Chief expert in the Bilateral cooperation and Regional Initiatives Department at the Ministry of Defence
2016-2024
Social Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Defence responsible for the implementation of national and international Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda
April 2024
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Languages:
English, working knowledge of Russian and French.