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

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

is the

ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

charged with overseeing the

foreign relations of Bulgaria The Republic of Bulgaria is a country in Southeast Europe, and a member of both NATO (since 2004) and the European Union (since 2007). It maintains diplomatic relations with 181 countries. Bulgaria has generally good foreign relations with its n ...

. It has been in existence since shortly after the

Liberation of Bulgaria The Liberation of Bulgaria is the historical process as a result of the Bulgarian Revival. In Bulgarian historiography, the liberation of Bulgaria refers to those events of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) that led to the re-establishme ...

, 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 Ekaterina Spasova Gecheva-Zaharieva ( bg, Екатерина Спасова Гечева-Захариева; born 8 August 1975) is a Bulgarian politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria 2017 to 2021. She was interim Deputy Prime ...

. As of December 2021 Minister of Foreign Affairs is Teodora Genchovska.

List of ministers

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria) Foreign Affairs Foreign relations of Bulgaria

Bulgaria, Foreign Affairs 1879 establishments in Bulgaria

List of ministers

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