[1] He is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Stoytchev was a student at Sofia University and earned bachelor's and master's degree in Philosophy and History.

[2][unreliable source] Stoytchev started his diplomatic career in his country's Foreign policy.

Since 1994, he has worked in the Directorate for European Integration in the areas of Common Foreign and Security Policy and Justice and Home Affairs Council.

He has spent much of his professional career helping his country integrate into Europe after its time in the former Soviet bloc.

[2][4] He was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2015) and the Commemorative Medal on the occasion of 100 years of diplomatic Bulgaria–United States relations (2003).