2024-04-18 07:58:25
Because of the near-birth pains of the “Glavchev” cabinet to settle on one stable candidate for foreign minister for more than 3 days, “24 hours” compiled this short list of possible candidates who are professional and equally distant from the party structures. These are diplomats who have demonstrated professional qualities in the last 15-20 years.
One of the most indisputable figures in Bulgarian diplomacy is Dimitar Tsanchev, now ambassador of the European Union to Israel. He is a career diplomat with an enviable track record and reputation.
Another staff member of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, who is currently working in the UN mission in Jerusalem and could worthy head of our diplomacy is Miroslav Zafirov.
Ognyan Zlatev, who headed the Representation of the European Commission in Sofia and the European Mission in Zagreb, would also be a suitable candidate. He is currently advising and coordinating relations with partners of the Directorate-General “Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion” of the EC on the current initiative “European Year of Skills”.
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From the list of Bulgarian ambassadors who are currently on a mandate abroad, there are quite a few figures capable of handling the task. These are names like Hristo Polendakovwho heads our mission in Budapest, Petko Doikov in Belgrade, Todor Stoyanov to Rome or Plamen Bonchev in Brussels. They are available in Sofia Dimitar Mihailov – until recently ambassador to Jordan and Rumen Petrovwho headed our missions in Algiers and Cairo.
Among those currently external to the system, but very closely related to foreign policy work, the names of Meglena Plugchieva and on Gergana Passi. Both have experience from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and understand in depth the specifics of this department.
Plugcieva has behind her successful terms as ambassador from Switzerland to Montenegro, as well as administrative capacity from her work with various governments over the past two decades.
Gergana Passi was Minister of European Affairs and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and although she has been in the non-governmental sector for the past decade, she continues to work on a number of important foreign policy projects.