Balgarianovinite.com Velislava Petrova has been proposed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the draft Cabinet of Rumen Radev.
Velislava Petrova earned a doctor’s degree in infectious diseases from Cambridge University. She then worked for UNAIDS on healthcare innovations for the Global South, and during the COVID-19 pandemic she was part of the Global Vaccine Alliance, taking part in the development of investment strategies for control of emerging pathogens. She also acted as a consultant for the World Health Organization and the World Bank on biotechnologies and disaster risk management.
In 2022-2023, Dr Petrova was deputy foreign minister in the Kiril Petkov Government and in the two caretaker cabinets headed by Galab Donev, where she was in charge of European affairs, regional policy, economic diplomacy and multilateral organization relations.
In this capacity, she represented Bulgaria at the EU General Affairs Council and performed Sherpa functions at European Council meetings. She chaired the Coordination Mechanism for Bulgaria’s accession to the OECD and participated in the negotiations with the European Commission on EU enlargement and Bulgaria’s admission to Schengen.
Over the last two years, she has been Chief Programme Officer at the Brussels-based Centre for Future Generations, coordinating the organization’s work in European policies with a focus on EU competitiveness, Europe’s strategic autonomy in AI and defence technologies, and building partnerships between EU institutions, academe and industry. Velislava Petrova – Chamova: Minister of Foreign Affairs 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-07 15:42:30 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law