1. Nickolay Mladenov served as Bulgaria's Minister of Defense from 27 July 2009 to 27 January 2010 and as the minister of foreign affairs in the government of then prime minister Boyko Borisov from 2010 to 2013.
12 Facts About Nickolay Mladenov
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On 2 August 2013 Nickolay Mladenov was appointed as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq.
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From 5 February 2015 until 31 December 2020, Nickolay Mladenov served as UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process.
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However, the offshore company was founded on 9 August 2013, a week after Nickolay Mladenov joined the UN as Special Representative in Iraq and Head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq on 2 August 2013.
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Nickolay Mladenov's father, Evtim Mladenov, worked for the Committee for State Security and his uncle Mladen was an ambassador on behalf of the communist Bulgarian regime.
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Between 1996 and 1998 Nickolay Mladenov was program director of the Open Society Foundations in Sofia, followed by an appointment as a program coordinator in the social department of the World Bank for Bulgaria.
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On 12 March 2002 Nickolay Mladenov was elected to the national executive council of the party Union of Democratic Forces.
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From 2005 to 2007 Nickolay Mladenov served as a consultant to the World Bank, International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute in Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries.
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Nickolay Mladenov was number 3 on the candidate list of the GERB party for the European elections 2007.
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On 2 August 2013, Nickolay Mladenov was appointed as United Nations Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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On 5 February 2015, Nickolay Mladenov was appointed United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, replacing Dutch diplomat Robert Serry.
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In late 2018, Nickolay Mladenov was mentioned in news media as potential successor of Staffan de Mistura as United Nations Special Envoy for Syria.