Daniel Pavlov Mitov (; born 4 December 1977) is a

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n politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria from 2014 to 2017. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs on August 6, 2014 in the cabinet of Georgi Bliznashki and remained in that post in the cabinet of

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from October 7, 2014.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Mitov received his higher education at the

Sofia University Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria. Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...

. In addition to his native Bulgarian, he is fluent in English,

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, and

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Political career

In 2002, Mitov worked at the Political Academy for Central and Southeast Europe and in 2006 became a member of Bulgaria's Democracy Foundation. Following his succession there, he became a deputy chairman of the

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party and since 2010 works at the

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with the delegates of

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and the

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Fight against terrorism

In a speech at the Israel Council on Foreign Relations in 2016, Mitov begins by calling terrorism the biggest issue of the Middle East. In his words, terrorism “regardless of how many resources we allocate to assisting the countries of origin and transit, the refugee flow and terrorist channels will not disappear as long as ISIS and similar actors exist on the ground". On that occasion, he noted that "the teachings of Islam could be directed toward civil activity instead of toward politicization, and consequently, radicalization". In order to help the Middle East with this dilemma, he suggested the importance of European support by explaining that aid should be given to countries that take in refugees and policies should be reinforced in quelling terrorism worldwide.

Honours

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Grand Cross of the

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References

1977 births Sofia University alumni Ministers of foreign affairs of Bulgaria Living people Politicians from Sofia {{Bulgaria-politician-stub

Early life and education

Political career

Fight against terrorism

Honours

See also

References