Nadezhda Neynsky
2022 ALI Fellow
Nadezhda Neynsky brings to ALI distinguished public sector leadership experience with a career of service representing her native Bulgaria, as well as a deep desire to ensure thriving democracies around the world. Most recently she was Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey, and earlier held several prominent roles including representing her country in the European Parliament, serving as deputy speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament, and leadership of a major anti-communist/pro-democracy Bulgarian political party. Nadezhda was appointed, at age 34, as Bulgaria’s youngest-ever foreign minister, in which capacity she led the push for inclusion in both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union. Prior to her career in government, she was a journalist.