NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Todor Churov

– Bulgaria
2009 –

Born	2 October 1953, Sofia

1973-1978	Moscow State Institute for International Relations Master’s degree
1978-1980	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for the Middle East and North Africa
1981	Embassy of Bulgaria, Amman (Jordan), Attaché
1982-1984	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for the Middle East and North Africa
1984-1986	Ministry of Foreign Affairs General Political Department
1986-1989	Vienna CSCE Follow-up Meeting Member of the Bulgarian Delegation Vienna Conventional Forces in Europe Mandate Talks Member of the Bulgarian Delegation
1989	Sofia CSCE Meeting on the Protection of the Environment Deputy Executive Secretary of the International Secretariat of the Meeting
1990	Ministry of Foreign Affairs General Political Department Deputy Head Deputy Head or Acting Head of the Bulgarian Delegations to CSCE Meetings
1991-1992	Embassy of Bulgaria, Washington, D.C. (USA) Deputy Chief of Mission
1993-1994	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Chairman of the Bulgarian National Commission for UNESCO
1995	Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995-1997	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador at Large, Counsellor to the Minister
1998-2002	Ambassador to the State of Kuwait
2001-2002	Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain (non-resident)
2002-2004	Ministry of Foreign Affairs NATO and International Security Directorate Director Member of the Delegation for NATO Accession Talks
2004-2005	Human Rights and International Humanitarian Organisations Director
2005-2009	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister
Other
1989-1990	Part-time lecturer at the Sofia Economic University on European security and co-operation
1993-1997	Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
2002-2003	Member of the Group of Governmental Experts to the UN Secretary General on Marking and Tracing of Small Arms and Light Weapons
2003-2004	Member of the Group of Governmental Experts to the UN Secretary General on Disarmament and Development Member of the Managing Board of the Diplomatic Institute to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Training	T.M.C. Asser Institute, (the Netherlands) Course on EU Affairs and European Integration IHEDN, (France) Senior Officials Training Course on Security and Defence Harvard Executive Education Program
Projects	Participant in or coordinator of projects on NATO enlargement, regional co-operation in South East Europe, EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, etc.
Publications	Author or co-author on books, studies and articles on foreign policy, security, international organisations, regional co-operation, environment
Languages	Native language - Bulgarian Fluent in English and Russian Working knowledge of Slovak, French and Spanish, Basic Arabic