Biography
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| Born on: |
30 May 1964 in Sofia. |
Professional Experience |
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| Since August 2005 |
Deputy Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, and Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2002 - 2005 |
Secretary for Economic Affairs to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria |
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1994 - 1997, 2000 - 2001 and since June 2005
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Member of Parliament |
| 1990 - 1994 and 1997 - 2000 |
Manager and Senior Partner in consulting companies |
| Since 2000 |
Senior Professor at the International University, Sofia |
| 2001 and 2003 |
Elections Observer in Kosovo as member of OSCE Missions |
| Since 2004 |
Member of the Advisory Board of Bulgarian National Bank |
Political Experience |
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Member of Parliament at the 37th, 38th and 40th National Assembly. Member of Foreign Policy Committee and Budgeting and Finance Committee |
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Deputy Chairman of the Bulgaria/EU Joint Parliamentary Committee - 1995-1997 |
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Founder of the Social Democrats Political Movement |
| Memberships |
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Founding member of the Bulgarian Macroeconomics Association |
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Member of the Advisory Board of Bulgaria Beyond the Facts Early Warning System implemented by UNDP and USAID |
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Member of the Association of British Alumni in Bulgaria |
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Member of Board of Directors, Institute for Economics and International Relations |
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Member of the Fellows Network of the German Marshall Fund of the USA |
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Member of the Association of Scholarship Fellows of the Chevening programme, UK |
Educational Background |
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| 1998 - 1999 |
Master of International Banking, Loughborough University, UK |
| 1983 - 1988 |
Master of International Economic Relations, University of National and World Economy, Sofia |
| 1978 - 1983 |
French Language School, Sofia |
Post-Graduate Training |
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| 2004 |
EU negotiations, an advanced training course, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium |
| 2003 |
Economic and Political Development of the Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea |
| 2002 |
University Professors Exchange Programme, Portsmouth University, UK |
| 2001 |
EU Visitors Programme, Brussels, Strasbourg |
| 2000 |
Ethics in Politics and Business, a Programme of the US State Department, USA |
| 1998 |
Marshall Exchange Program, Marshall Memorial Fund, the German Marshall Fund of the US, USA |
| 1992 |
International Marketing, Business University, Vienna, Austria |
Publications |
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Co-author, "Bulgaria 2010: Economic Challenges", a report to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2005 |
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Co-author, "Factors of Economic Growth in Bulgaria", 2000 |
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Author of numerous articles in Bulgaria and in international trade journals on European Union and macroeconomic issues |
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Presenter at numerous specialised workshops in Bulgaria and abroad |
Languages: |
English, French, Russian and Spanish |
Marital status: |
married, with one daughter. |
