Head of Mission
Head of Mission
Deyan Angelov Katratchev
Date and place of birth:
13 December 1970, Burgas
Education and training
1984 – 1989 German Language School, Burgas (Bulgaria)
1989- 1995 M.A. in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“
Sept 2004 - Nov 2004 German Federal Foreign Office, Training for International Diplomats, 25th Course for Diplomats from CEE
Oct. 2007 – June 2008 Diplomatenkolleg, Program run by the German Federal Foreign Office, Robert Bosch Stiftung and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
Professional experience
March 2000 – Oct. 2000 Attaché, Middle East and Africa Directorate, Desk Officer for
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia.
Nov. 2000 – Oct. 2003 Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Beirut, Lebanon, Attaché, Press and Political affairs.
Nov. 2003 – March 2007 Second Secretary, Middle East and Africa Directorate, Desk
Officer for Libya, Iraq, Syria Lebanon, MFA, Sofia.
March 2007 – July 2010 Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, First Secretary, Press and political affairs.
Aug. 2010 – Sept. 2011 First Secretary, US desk officer, Americas Directorate, MFA, Sofia.
Oct. 2011 – June 2012 Head of North America Division, Americas Directorate, MFA, Sofia.
July 2012 – 30 June 2014 Political Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria,
Washington D.C., United States
July 2014 – August 2017 Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of
Bulgaria, Washington, D.C.
August 2017 – Febr. 2019 Head of Middle East and North Africa Division,
Middle East and North Africa Directorate, MFA Sofia
Febr. 2019 – March 2021 Director for Southeast Europe, MFA Sofia
As of 15 March 2021 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Languages English, German, Arabic, working knowledge of French, Russian
Marital Status Married, with two children