The Most Famous
DIPLOMATS from Bulgaria
This page contains a list of the greatest Bulgarian Diplomats. The pantheon dataset contains 90 Diplomats, 1 of which were born in Bulgaria. This makes Bulgaria the birth place of the 17th most number of Diplomats behind Austria, and Netherlands.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bulgarian Diplomats of all time. This list of famous Bulgarian Diplomats is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Irina Bokova (b. 1952)
With an HPI of 60.37, Irina Bokova is the most famous Bulgarian Diplomat. Her biography has been translated into 51 different languages on wikipedia.
Irina Georgieva Bokova (Bulgarian: Ирина Георгиева Бокова; born 12 July 1952) is a Bulgarian politician and a former Director-General of UNESCO (2009–2017). During her political and diplomatic career in Bulgaria, she served, among others, two terms as a member of the National parliament, and deputy minister of foreign affairs and minister of foreign affairs ad interim under Prime Minister Zhan Videnov. She also served as Bulgaria's ambassador to France and to Monaco, and was Bulgaria's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Bokova was also the personal representative of Bulgaria's president to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2005–2009). On 15 November 2009, she took office as the ninth Director-General of UNESCO, marking two firsts: she became both the first female and the first Southeastern European to head the agency. At UNESCO, Bokova advocated for gender equality, improved education and preventing funding for terrorism, especially by enforcing the protection of intellectual goods. A firm opponent of racism and anti-Semitism, Director-General Bokova led UNESCO's activities on Holocaust remembrance.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Bulgarian diplomats born between 1952 and 1952. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bulgarian diplomats include Irina Bokova.