The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( bg, Министерство на външните работи, Ministerstvo na Vohnšnite raboti, abbreviated ''МВнР'', or ''MVnR'') of

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is the ministry charged with overseeing the

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. It has been in existence since shortly after the

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, with the first minister stepping into office on 17 July 1879. Until 1947, it was known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Denominations. Since May 2017 till April 2021 Minister of Foreign Affairs was Ekaterina Zakharieva. As of December 2021 Minister of Foreign Affairs is Teodora Genchovska.

List of ministers

References

External links

Official website
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Foreign relations of Bulgaria

Bulgaria, Foreign Affairs 1879 establishments in Bulgaria

List of ministers

See also

References

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