Marin Raykov | |
Birth Name: | Marin Raykov Nikolov |
Office: | Prime Minister of Bulgaria |
President: | Rosen Plevneliev |
Term Start: | 13 March 2013 |
Term End: | 29 May 2013 |
Predecessor: | Boyko Borisov |
Successor: | Plamen Oresharski |
Office1: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start1: | 13 March 2013 |
Term End1: | 29 May 2013 |
Primeminister1: | Himself |
Predecessor1: | Nickolay Mladenov |
Successor1: | Kristian Vigenin |
Birth Date: | 17 December 1960 |
Birth Place: | Washington, DC, United States |
Alma Mater: | University of National and World Economy |
Marin Raykov Nikolov (Bulgarian: Марин Райков Николов in Bulgarian pronounced as /mɐˈrin ˈrajkof/; born 17 December 1960) is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat who was appointed to serve as a caretaker Prime Minister of Bulgaria and minister of foreign affairs of Bulgaria on 12 March 2013 by Bulgarian president Rosen Plevneliev.[1] He left office on 29 May 2013[2] with his interim deputy PM Ekaterina Zakharieva.
Raykov served as a deputy Foreign Minister in the governments of Ivan Kostov (1998–2001) and Boyko Borisov (2009–2010). From 2010 to 2013, he served as an ambassador of Bulgaria in France.[3] Marin Raykov’s father, Rayko Nikolov, was himself a career diplomat.[4]
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