Head of Mission
Curriculum Vitae
Natalia Uzunova assumed her post as Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Belgium on 1 December 2025. She was appointed also as non-resident Ambassador to Luxembourg on 10 February 2026.
She holds a Master's degree in Law (UNSS) and Political science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Ms. Uzunova is a career diplomat with extensive professional experience in the field of multilateral and bilateral diplomacy.
From 2024 to 2025, Ms. Uzunova was Minister Plenipotentiary at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria to the EU in Brussels (RPUE), where she held the position of “Antici” Diplomat, replacing, whenever necessary, the Permanent Representative to the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States of the EU (COREPER-II).
From 2019 to 2024 Ms. Uzunova was seconded national expert at the General Secretariat of the European Commission, responsible for the European Commission's relations with the European Parliament.
From 2012 to 2019, she was head of the team responsible for relations with the European Parliament at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria to the EU in Brussels. During Bulgaria's rotating presidency of the Council of the EU in 2018, she served as chair of the Working Party on General Affairs, responsible for interinstitutional relations within the EU, and as advisor to the Minister Delegate for Relations with the European Parliament.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, she has held posts at the “Security Policy” department (2009-2012); at the “NATO and International Security” department (2004-2005), and the “America” department (2002-2004).
Her previous postings abroad include also Consul at the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in New York, United States (2005-2007) and representative to the United Nations First Committee on Disarmament and International Security at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations in New York (2007-2008).
Natalia Uzunova has a son and a daughter. She speaks English, French, and Russian