Born 31st January 1964 in Bulgaria, Petko Doykov studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations from 1985 to ’91, earning a master’s degree in international relations with a major in the Arabic language.
He joined the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served, from September 1992, as an expert of the Arab Countries Directorate and, subsequently, from August 1993 to July 1997, as third secretary of the Embassy of Bulgaria to Egypt.
His numerous postings include serving as deputy political advisor to the Bulgarian Delegation to NATO, based in Brussels (1999-2003), and as Director for the Middle East and Africa at the Ministry in Sofia.
His ambassadorships include serving as ambassador to Tunisia (2008-’12), non-resident ambassador to Mauritania (2010-’12) and as ambassador to India, concurrently accredited to Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives (2014-’18). Apart from his native Bulgarian, this married father of three speaks English, French, Arabic and Russian.