Yuri Sterk is a Bulgarian career diplomat. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria from 12 May 2017 until 21 June 2019, following the end of his assignment as Ambassador / Head of EU Delegation to the
Republic of Uzbekistan
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, a position he held from December 2012 until September 2016.
Education
Ambassador Yuri Sterk, a career diplomat from the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, has a degree with Honours in Public International Law from the
Moscow Institute of International Relations
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an higher educa ...
; he has been a trainee in the Diplomat Training Program at
Stanford University
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, California; he also has a DEA in Political Science, profile "Construction européenne" from the Institute of Political Science,
Robert Schuman University
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, Strasbourg, France.
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- Sofia News Agency
Career
Sterk has served as an adviser, as head of the Public International Law unit, director of the NATO directorate and as Director-General for Political Affairs and Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
In 2001-2005 he was Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and from 2011 to 2012 - Ambassador of the
Republic of Bulgaria
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to the State of
Israel
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. Just turned 50, following a competitive international selection procedure he was appointed Ambassador of the European Delegation to Uzbekistan. There was only one diplomat of Bulgaria before him to have served as ambassador of the European Union – the former Prime Minister Philip Dimitrov, who has been Head of the delegation of EU to
Georgia
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Places
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. On 5 April 2019, by a Decree of the President of Republic of Bulgaria Yuri Sterk was appointed Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Morocco.
The Delegation of the European Union and its New Ambassador to Uzbekistan
On November 25, 2020, he was relieved of his assignment as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Morocco and appointed Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office in Geneva and to other international organizations in Geneva, Swiss Confederation.
On February 8, 2021, Ambassador Yuri Sterk was elected Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Council for a one-year term.
See also
*Ambassadors of the European Union
Below are current ambassadors of the European Union to non-EU countries and international organizations. They are also known as delegation heads or envoys.
Prior to the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU was represented abroad by the Ambassador of the co ...
* Uzbekistan-European Union relations
* Europe in the World - European External Action Service
References
External links
Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan
EU Delegation to Uzbekistan on Facebook
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Living people
Ambassadors of the European Union to Uzbekistan
Ambassadors of Bulgaria to Israel
Bulgarian diplomats
Bulgarian officials of the European Union
1952 births