List of ambassadors to Bulgaria
This is a list of ambassadors to Bulgaria. Note that some ambassadors are responsible for more than one country while others are directly accredited to Sofia.
Current ambassadors to Sofia
| Sending country | Presentation of the credentials | Location of resident embassy | Ambassador |
|---|---|---|---|
| Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | Sofia, Bulgaria | Mohammad Fazel Saifi (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Albania | 31.01.2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Inid Milo |
| Algeria | 25.07.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Messaoud Mehila |
| Andorra | 22.11.2023 | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Gemma Cano Berné |
| Angola | Belgrade, Serbia | Fernanda Maria F. A. M. dos Reis Baptista (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Argentina | Sofia, Bulgaria | Daniel Horacio Cottini (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Armenia | 23.09.2020 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Armen Yedigarian |
| Australia | 13.10.2023 | Athenes, Greece | Alison Joy Duncan |
| Austria | 10.10.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Andrea Ikic-Böhm |
| Azerbaijan | 28.07.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Huseyn Huseynov |
| Bangladesh | 11.10.2021 | Bucharest, Romania | Md Daud Ali |
| Bahrain | 02.04.2019 | Berlin, Germany | Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla |
| Belarus | Sofia, Bulgaria | Nikita Leshukov (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Belgium | 23.09.2020 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Frédéric Meurice |
| Benin | 26.09.2018 | Geneva, Switzerland | Eloi Laourou |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.02.2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Aleksandra Mićić |
| Brazil | 31.01.2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Paulo Roberto Campos Tarrisse da Fontoura |
| Burkina Faso | Rome, Italy | vacant | |
| Cambodia | 17.12.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Chun Thai |
| Cameroon | Moscow, Russia | vacant | |
| Canada | 22.11.2023 | Bucharest, Romania | Gavin Buchan |
| Chad | 12.05.2022 | Ankara, Turkey | Adoum Dangai Nokour Guet |
| Chile | 17.03.2023 | Bucharest, Romania | María Pía Busta Díaz |
| China | Sofia, Bulgaria | Wang Min (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Colombia | 25.07.2023 | Warsaw, Poland | Assad José Jater Peña |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Rome, Italy | vacant | |
| Croatia | 19.09.2019 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Jasna Ognjanovac |
| Cuba | 07.04.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Marieta Garcia Jordan |
| Cyprus | 01.12.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Haralambos Kafkarides |
| Czech Republic | 15.02.2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Miroslav Toman Jr. |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Prague, Czech Republic | Christine Kayembe (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Denmark | 21.09.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Jes Brogaard Nielsen |
| Dominican Republic | Ankara, Turkey | vacant | |
| Ecuador | Budapest, Hungary | Mariela Salguero (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Egypt | 15.02.2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Nader Saad |
| El Salvador | Vienna, Austria | vacant | |
| Eritrea | Moscow, Russia | vacant | |
| Estonia | 22.11.2023 | Bucharest, Romania | Aune Kotli |
| Ethiopia | 12.05.2022 | Ankara, Turkey | Adem Mohammed Mahmud |
| Finland | 19.01.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Kristiina Kuvaja-Xanthopoulos |
| France | 01.12.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Joël Meyer |
| Georgia | 07.04.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Otar Berdzenishvili |
| Germany | 26.01.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Irene Maria Plank |
| Ghana | 25.07.2023 | Ankara, Turkey | Francisca Ashietey-Odunton |
| Greece | 26.01.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Alexios Marios Lyberopoulos |
| Guatemala | Jerusalem, Israel | Elvira Eugenia Santizo de León (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Guinea | Belgrade, Serbia | vacant | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Moscow, Russia | vacant | |
| Guyana | London, UK | vacant | |
| Holy See | 10.10.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Luciano Suriani |
| Hungary | 13.10.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Miklós Boros |
| Iceland | Warsaw, Poland | vacant | |
| India | 28.07.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Sanjay Rana |
| Indonesia | 19.01.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Iwan Bogananta |
| Iran | 25.07.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Alireza Irvash |
| Iraq | 19.01.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Lina Omar |
| Ireland | 19.01.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Martina Feeney |
| Israel | 13.10.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Yosef Levi-Sfari |
| Italy | 19.01.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Giuseppina Zarra |
| Jamaica | Berlin, Germany | vacant Denise Ava-Lou Sealey (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Japan | 22.11.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Hisashi Michigami |
| Jordan | 28.09.2020 | Bucharest, Romania | Sufyan Qudah |
| Kazakhstan | 26.01.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Viktor Temirbayev |
| Kenya | Ankara, Turkey | vacant | |
| Kosovo | 13.10.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Haxhi Bajraktari |
| Kuwait | 10.10.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Ghazi Hamed Alfadli |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyiv, Ukraine | vacant | |
| Laos | Berlin, Germany | vacant | |
| Latvia | 10.10.2022 | Warsaw, Poland | Juris Poikāns |
| Lebanon | 26.02.2018 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Toufic Jaber |
| Lesotho | Rome, Italy | vacant | |
| Libya | 10.10.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Abu Baker A. Saeed Saleh |
| Lithuania | 15.02.2024 | Bucharest, Romania | Artūras Žurauskas |
| Luxembourg | 13.11.2017 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Ronald Dofing |
| Malawi | Berlin, Germany | vacant | |
| Malaysia | 12.05.2022 | Bucharest, Romania | Tengku Dato' Sirajuzzaman bin Tengku Mohamed Ariffin |
| Mali | 16.12.2019 | Moscow, Russia | Aly Coulibaly |
| Malta | 22.11.2023 | Valletta, Malta | Anne Marie Muscat Fenech Adami |
| Mauritania | Berlin, Germany | vacant | |
| Mexico | 22.03.2022 | Budapest, Hungary | Rosario Asela Molinero |
| Moldova | 24.08.2020 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Anatol Cebuc |
| Mongolia | 17.12.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Sayanaa Lkhagvasuren |
| Montenegro | Sofia, Bulgaria | [[]] (Chargé d'Affaires a. i.) | |
| Morocco | 24.11.2016 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Zakia El Midaoui |
| Myanmar | Belgrade, Serbia | Zarni Aung (Chargé d'Affaires a. i.) | |
| Namibia | Vienna, Austria | Elise Pomwenepawa Shaduka (Chargé d'Affaires a. i.) | |
| Nepal | Berlin, Germany | vacant | |
| Netherlands | 21.09.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Simon van der Burg |
| New Zealand | 11.10.2021 | Brussels, Belgium | Diana Reaich |
| Nicaragua | Rome, Italy | vacant | |
| Niger | 17.03.2023 | Berlin, Germany | Souleymane Issakou |
| Nigeria | Bucharest, Romania | Desmond Chidi Okafor (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| North Korea | 20.10.2015 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Cha Kon Il |
| North Macedonia | 10.10.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Agneza Rusi Popovska |
| Norway | 16.03.2021 | Bucharest, Romania | Siri Barry |
| Oman | 28.09.2020 | Vienna, Austria | Yousuf Ahmed Hamed Aljabri |
| Pakistan | 31.01.2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Modasar Chaudhry |
| Palestine | Sofia, Bulgaria | Adham Zainaldin (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Panama | 26.01.2023 | Piraeus, Greece | Julie Lymberopulos Cosiori |
| Paraguay | 25.07.2023 | Vienna, Austria | Juan Francisco Facetti Fernandez |
| Peru | Athens, Greece | vacant | |
| Philippines | 26.01.2023 | Budapest, Hungary | Frank R. Cimafranca |
| Poland | 20.06.2019 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Maciej Szymański |
| Portugal | 19.01.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Ana Maria Ribeiro da Silva |
| Qatar | 11.10.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Fahad Ibrahim Al-Mushairi |
| Romania | 16.03.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Brândușa Ioana Predescu |
| Republic of Congo | Berlin, Germany | vacant | |
| Russia | 16.03.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Eleonora Mitrofanova |
| Rwanda | 12.05.2022 | Tel Aviv, Israel | James Gatera |
| San Marino | 28.11.2018 | Stefano Stolfi | |
| Saudi Arabia | 17.12.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Khalid Faqeeh |
| Serbia | 08.10.2019 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Željko Jović |
| Seychelles | Brussels, Belgium | vacant | |
| Sierra Leone | Moscow, Russia | vacant | |
| Singapore | Moscow, Russia | vacant | |
| Slovakia | 01.12.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Vasil Grivna |
| Slovenia | 10.10.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Natasa Bergelj |
| Somalia | Moscow, Russia | vacant | |
| South Africa | Sofia, Bulgaria | Renske Vos (Chargés d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| South Korea | 25.07.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Bae Jongin |
| Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 20.06.2019 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Ursula Höfter Zuccoli |
| Spain | 20.06.2019 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Alejandro Polanco |
| Sri Lanka | 22.11.2023 | Warsaw, Poland | Dhammika Kumari Semasinghe |
| Sudan | Sofia, Bulgaria | Aida Sid Ahmed Mohammed Ali Omer (Chargés d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Sweden | 28.09.2020 | Stockholm, Sweden | Katarina Rangnitt |
| Switzerland | 21.09.2021 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Raymund Furrer |
| Syria | Sofia, Bulgaria | Jamal Najib (Chargés d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Tanzania | Berlin, Germany | Angela Michael Ngaillo (Chargés d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Thailand | Bucharest, Romania | vacant | |
| Togo | Berlin, Germany | vacant | |
| Tunisia | Belgrade, Serbia | Foued Abdelkarim (Chargés d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| Turkey | 30.01.2020 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Aylin Sekizkök |
| Turkmenistan | Moscow, Russia | vacant | |
| Uganda | 13.10.2023 | Berlin, Germany | Stephen Mubiru |
| Ukraine | 07.04.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Olesya Ilashchuk |
| United Arab Emirates | Sofia, Bulgaria | Hamad Alawadi (Chargés d'Affaires a.i.) | |
| United Kingdom | 23.09.2020 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Robert John Dixon |
| United States | 07.04.2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Kenneth H. Merten |
| Uruguay | Bucharest, Romania | vacant | |
| Uzbekistan | 28.11.2018 | Ankara, Turkey | Alisher Agzamkhodjaev |
| Vietnam | 22.03.2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Do Hoang Long |
| Yemen | Sofia, Bulgaria | Ahmed Shammer (Chargés d'Affaires e.p.) | |
| Zambia | Paris, France | vacant | |
| Zimbabwe | 17.03.2023 | Berlin, Germany | Alice Mashingaidze |
See also
- Foreign relations of Bulgaria
- List of diplomatic missions of Bulgaria
- List of diplomatic missions in Bulgaria
References
- ^ "Министерство На Външните Рааботи ДЪржавен Протокол, Листа На Дипломатическия Корпус — Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Protocole D'Etat, Liste des Membres du Corps Diplomatique" (PDF) (in Bulgarian and French). Republic of Bulgaria Ministry of Foreign Affairs. February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.