By order of the Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov, Marin Raykov and Radi Naydenov have been appointed Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, reports BTA.
Marin Raykov is Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the acting cabinet in 2013. He held the post of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the period 1998-2001 and 2009-2010. He was also Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the French and Italian Republics, as well as to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Radi Naydenov has many years of experience in the diplomatic service. He held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the caretaker government in 2017, as well as the highest diplomatic position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Permanent Secretary. In the period 2001-2002 he was Deputy Minister of Defense. He represented the Republic of Bulgaria as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Austria, the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein.