Yuri Sterk

Yuri Sterk formally took up his position as Ambassador / Head of EU Delegation to the Republic of Uzbekistan in December 2012.[1]

Yuri Sterk
European Union Ambassador to Uzbekistan

Assumed office December 2012

Preceded by Norbert Jousten[2]
Personal details

Born 10 October 1962, Bulgaria

Nationality Bulgarian

Languages Bulgarian, English, French, Russian, Spanish

Education

Ambassador Yuri Sterk, a career diplomat from the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, has an Honours degree in Public International Law from the Moscow Institute of International Relations; he has been a trainee in the Diplomatic Training Program at Stanford University, California; he also has a DEA in Political Science, profile "Construction Européenne" from the Institute of Political Science, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, France.[2]

Career

Sterk has served as an adviser, as head of the Public International Law unit, director of the NATO directorate and as Director-General for Political Affairs and Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.[3]

Soon came the international stage as in 2001-2005 Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and from 2011 to 2012 Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the State of Israel. Just turned 50 he was nominated for the position as Ambassador of the European Delegation to Uzbekistan. There is only one diplomat of Bulgaria before, who also became an ambassador of the European Union – the former Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov, currently the EU-Ambassador to Georgia.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yuri Sterk has been appointed EU Head of Delegation in Uzbekistan Archived January 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria
  2. 1 2 Bulgaria's Yuri Sterk Appointed EU Ambassador to Uzbekistan - Sofia News Agency
  3. ↑ Ambassador Yuri Sterk: CURRICULUM VITAE
  4. ↑ The Delegation of the European Union and its New Ambassador to Uzbekistan Archived January 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.