Dimiter Tzantchev

One of the longest serving Permanent Representatives to EU in Brussels (nine and a half years) he was also the Dean of COREPER II from August 2017 until September 2021.

His mother Lidia originates from the oldest founding families in the well known neighborhoods of the Bulgarian capital's Sofia Boyana and Gorna Banya.

in Arab studies from Sofia University "Saint Kliment Ohridski", graduated summa cum laude.

2002-2005 — Ambassador, Permanent representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office and the other international organizations in Geneva.

1999-2001 — Head of Middle East and North Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.

1996-1999 — Deputy Head of Mission, Head of the Political Affairs and Press section at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Israel 1993-1996 — Desk Officer for Iraq and Gulf countries at the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria 1992-1993 — Editor at the Bulgarian National Radio Vice-president of the United Nations Compensations Committee - 2002–2004.

Petar B. Vasilev Recurring role as Kircho in the film Фильо и Макензен ("Filyo I Makenzen"), 1978, dir.