Marin Raykov Nikolov ( bg, Марин Райков Николов ; born 17 December 1960 in
Washington, D.C., United States) is a
Bulgarian politician
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and
diplomat
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who was appointed to serve as a
caretaker Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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and
minister of foreign affairs of Bulgaria on 12 March 2013 by
Bulgarian president
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Rosen Plevneliev
Rosen Asenov Plevneliev ( bg, Росен Асенов Плевнелиев ; born 14 May 1964) is a Bulgarian politician who was the 4th President of Bulgaria, holding the position from January 2012 to January 2017. He was the Minister of Regio ...
. He left office on 29 May 2013 with his interim deputy PM
Ekaterina Zakharieva.
Raykov served as a deputy Foreign Minister in the governments of
Ivan Kostov
Ivan Yordanov Kostov ( bg, Иван Йорданов Костов ) (born 23 December 1949, in Sofia) was the 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria in office from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) between Dec ...
(1998–2001) and
Boyko Borisov
Boyko Metodiev Borisov ( bg, Бойко Методиев Борисов, ; born 13 June 1959) is a Bulgarian politician who served as the prime minister of Bulgaria from 2009 to 2013, 2014 to 2017, and 2017 to 2021, making him Bulgaria's List of ...
(2009–2010). From 2010 to 2013, he served as an ambassador of Bulgaria in France.
Marin Raykov’s father, Rayko Nikolov, was himself a career diplomat.
See also
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Raykov Government (88th Bulgarian Cabinet)
*
List of foreign ministers in 2014
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Foreign relations of Bulgaria
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References
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1960 births
Bulgarian diplomats
Foreign ministers of Bulgaria
Living people
People from Washington, D.C.
Prime Ministers of Bulgaria
Permanent Delegates of Bulgaria to UNESCO
Ambassadors of Bulgaria to Italy
Ambassadors of Bulgaria to France
Ambassadors of Bulgaria to Monaco
University of National and World Economy alumni