Nadezhda Neynsky, previously known as Nadezhda Nikolova Mihaylova is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat. A former leader of the Union of the Democratic Forces, she served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as a Member of both the National Assembly and the European Parliament. She was most recently the Bulgarian Ambassador to Turkey.
Neynski in 1997
Bulgarian Minister of Defense Georgi Ananiev (left) with US Secretary of Defense William Cohen (centre) and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova (right) in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1997.
Nadezhda Neynsky in 2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with overseeing the foreign relations of Bulgaria. It has been in existence since shortly after the Liberation of Bulgaria, with the first minister stepping into office on 17 July 1879. Until 1947, it was known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Denominations.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Sofia