74 Notable alumni of
University of National and World Economy

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The University of National and World Economy is 605th in the world, 225th in Europe, and 3rd in Bulgaria by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 74 notable alumni from the University of National and World Economy sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Kristalina Georgieva

    Kristalina Georgieva
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Enrolled in the University of National and World Economy
    Graduated with Bachelor of Economics
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticianeconomistchief executive officer
    Biography

    Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova is a Bulgarian economist serving as the 12th managing director of the International Monetary Fund since 2019, and the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the institution. Born in Sofia, her university education was at London School of Economics (LSE), followed by a return to her native Bulgaria where she witnessed some of the economic hardships of the post-Communist transition. She began her career by teaching economics, becoming a prominent figure in the field.

  2. Nguyen Sinh Hung

    Nguyen Sinh Hung
    Born in
    Vietnam Flag Vietnam
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nguyễn Sinh Hùng is a Vietnamese politician who served as Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016. Nguyễn Sinh Hùng was previously one of the country's four "key leaders" (lãnh đạo chủ chốt), along with Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President Trương Tấn Sang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, during the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He graduated from the University of National and World Economy in Bulgaria.

  3. Maria Ilieva

    Maria Ilieva
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Maria Ilieva is a Bulgarian singer, songwriter and producer. She is recognized as one of the most successful female vocal artists of the contemporary Bulgarian music scene. In the last over 20 years of active solo career, she has released over 30 hit singles, two award-winning studio albums, a maxi single and a greatest hits album. She has received over 40 awards for music and style.

  4. Emiliyan Stanev

    Emiliyan Stanev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1907-1979 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticiancivil servant
    Biography

    Emiliyan Stanev was the pseudonym of Nikola Stoyanov Stanev (Никола Стоянов Станев, 28 February 1907 – 15 March 1979), a 20th-century Bulgarian prose writer.

  5. Maya Manolova

    Maya Manolova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1965-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Maya Bozhidarova Manolova is a Bulgarian politician and the leader of the political movement Stand Up.BG, part of the Stand Up! Mafia, get out! coalition. She was formerly the vice-chairperson as well as a deputy in the Bulgarian National Assembly, as well National Ombudsman of Bulgaria.

  6. Nguyen Thi Doan

    Nguyen Thi Doan
    Born in
    Vietnam Flag Vietnam
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nguyễn Thị Doan is a Vietnamese educator, former legislator and Vietnamese politician, who served as Vice President of Vietnam from 2007 to 2016. Nguyễn Thị Doan is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and a deputy to the National Assembly of Vietnam for Hà Nam Province.

  7. Ivan Kostov

    Ivan Kostov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    politicianeconomist
    Biography

    Ivan Yordanov Kostov is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2001. A member of the SDS party, which he led from 1994 to 2001, he was previously Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1992. Following his premiership, Kostov founded a new political party, the DSB, and served as Member of the National Assembly from 2001 to 2013.

  8. Galab Donev

    Galab Donev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    civil servant
    Biography

    Galab Spasov Donev is a Bulgarian politician who served as the caretaker Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2 August 2022 to 6 June 2023. He is the longest-serving caretaker prime minister in Bulgaria's history to date.

  9. Grisha Ganchev

    Grisha Ganchev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    businesspersonamateur wrestler
    Biography

    Grisha Ganchev is a Bulgarian businessman and oligarch who is the owner of a multitude of businesses in Bulgaria, such as the oil distributing company Petrol AD which has 470 petrol stations, 80 petrol depots and 3 petrol port terminals throughout the country, Litex Commerce AD company that has a focus on petrol products as well, Litex Motors AD and many others. He is currently one of the major shareholders of Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia.

  10. Desislava Radeva

    Desislava Radeva
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    office manager
    Biography

    Desislava Radeva is a Bulgarian public figure and the current First Lady of Bulgaria since January 2017, being the wife of President Rumen Radev.

  11. Ivo Prokopiev

    Ivo Prokopiev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurfinancier
    Biography

    Ivo Prokopiev is a Bulgarian entrepreneur, publisher and opinion leader with strong public commitment. He is the founder and co-owner of three Bulgarian groups of companies – A Data Pro, Alfa Finance Holding and Economedia Publishing Group. He holds a master's degree in Finance from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.

  12. Mustafa Karadaya

    Mustafa Karadaya
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mustafa Sali Karadayi is a Turkish Bulgarian politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria since 2013. Throughout his tenure, he also served as the leader of his party, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), from 2016 to 2023.

  13. Desislava Atanasova

    Desislava Atanasova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    judgepoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Desislava Valcheva Atanasova is a Bulgarian lawyer and politician serving as a judge of the Constitutional Court since 2024. She was a member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2012 and from 2013 to 2024. From 2012 to 2013, she served as minister of health.

  14. Tsvetan Tsvetanov

    Tsvetan Tsvetanov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1965-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Tsvetan Genchev Tsvetanov is a Bulgarian politician and former government official. He served as the chairman of the GERB party until 2009. On 8 July 2009, following his party's victory in the 2009 parliamentary election, he was designated by de facto party leader Boyko Borisov as the future Minister of the Interior.

  15. Dimitar Glavchev

    Dimitar Glavchev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Dimitar Borisov Glavchev is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2024 to 2025, leading a caretaker government. A political independent, he is currently the Head of the Chamber of Audit. He was previously a member of the GERB party and served as Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2021. In 2017, he briefly served as Speaker of the National Assembly.

  16. Đoko Rosić

    Đoko Rosić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1932-2014 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Đorđe "Đoko" Rosić was a Serbian-Bulgarian actor who was also well known in Hungary.

  17. Liliana Pavlova

    Liliana Pavlova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Lilyana Pavlova Nikolova is a Bulgarian politician from the GERB party who served as Minister of Regional Development and Public Works in Boyko Borisov's first and second cabinet and as Minister of Bulgaria's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Borisov's third cabinet.

  18. Plamen Oresharski

    Plamen Oresharski
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politicianministereconomist
    Biography

    Plamen Vasilev Oresharski is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2013 to 2014. Affiliated with the Bulgarian Socialist Party, he previously served as Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2013, Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2009 and Deputy Minister of Finance from 1997 to 2001.

  19. Reneta Indzhova

    Reneta Indzhova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politicianeconomist
    Biography

    Reneta Ivanova Indzhova is a Bulgarian economist who served as the caretaker Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 1994 to 1995, appointed by President Zhelyu Zhelev. A political independent, she is the first woman to have served as Prime Minister in Bulgaria. Prior to that, she chaired the Privatisation Agency and later on, from 2012 to 2014, she chaired the National Statistical Institute.

  20. Angel Karaliychev

    Angel Karaliychev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1902-1972 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    writerchildren's writer
    Biography

    Angel Ivanov Karaliychev was a Bulgarian writer of children's literature.

  21. Vladislav Goranov

    Vladislav Goranov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    financierpolitician
    Biography

    Vladislav Ivanov Goranov is a Bulgarian economist and politician, who served as Minister of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria until late July 2020. In February 2023 Goranov was sanctioned by the US government for his extensive involvement in corruption in Bulgaria.

  22. Nikolai Mladenov

    Nikolai Mladenov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nikolay Evtimov Mladenov is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat exposed in the Pandora Papers scandal, who 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. Prior to that, he was a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2009.

  23. Elena Poptodorova

    Elena Poptodorova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Elena Poptodorova is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat, who has served two times as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to the United States.

  24. Valentin Mihov

    Valentin Mihov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Valentin Mihov is a former Bulgarian football player. He is a former president of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) and the Bulgarian Professional Football League (PFL).

  25. Vanya Grigorova

    Vanya Grigorova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Vanya Rumenova Grigorova is a Bulgarian economist, trade unionist, labour activist, and politician. She was an economic counselor to the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa from 2015 to 2023. She unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Sofia in 2023 and is currently a member of the Sofia City Council.

  26. G. M. Dimitrov

    G. M. Dimitrov
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1903-1972 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Georgi Mihov Dimitrov, known as Gemeto (Bulgarian: Гемето, lit. 'The G. M.') to distinguish him from Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov, was a Bulgarian politician, a leading figure of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union during the 1930s and 1940s, and an opponent of fascism and communism alike.

  27. Stefan Sofiyanski

    Stefan Sofiyanski
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski is a Bulgarian politician who served as interim Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 1997 and was a three-term Mayor of Sofia. He was a leading member of the Union of Democratic Forces.

  28. Nikolina Angelkova

    Nikolina Angelkova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1979-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nikolina Angelkova is a Bulgarian politician who was the Minister of Tourism from 4 May 2017 to 23 July 2020, and has also served as the Minister of Tourism from November 2014 to January 2017. She serves as a member of the parliament for the GERB.

  29. Traicho Traikov

    Traicho Traikov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Traycho Dimitrov Traykov is a Bulgarian politician. He was a Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy from 2009 to 2012. In February 2012 he launched an examination of dams in the south of the country after malfunction complaints. In March 2012 it was reported that he had been dismissed from his position allegedly for delaying work on energy projects; Bulgarian-language daily Bulgaria Dnes alleges that it was due to Belene Nuclear Power Plant specifically, a project which was terminated that month. Traykov himself "attributed the dismissal to his firm position in negotiations with Russia and his demands that Russia should cut the construction cost of the Belene plant, reduce gas prices by as much as 15 percent in a new supply contract and increase returns from the South Stream pipeline above 8 percent." He was succeeded by his former deputy, Delyan Dobrev.

  30. Lyudmila Filipova

    Lyudmila Filipova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    writerjournalistactor
    Biography

    Lyudmila Orlinova Filipova is a Bulgarian novelist and journalist. Since 2006, Filipova has written seven novels, all of which have become best-sellers. In October 2011, a television team from National Geographic filmed a documentary based on the discoveries described in her novel "The Parchment Maze". In November 2011, the movies based on her novels Glass Butterflies and Scarlet Gold won first place in the competition organised by the Bulgarian National Film Center. Her most recent book, The War of the Letters, was published in 2014 and describes the creation of the Cyrillic script during the Golden Age of Simeon I the Great. It is considered by many critics a unique story about one of the most significant developments in the history of Bulgaria

  31. Antonia Petrova Beredin

    Antonia Petrova Beredin
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    modelactorbeauty pageant contestant
    Biography

    Antonia Petrova is a Bulgarian lawyer, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who the winner of Miss Bulgaria 2009. She represented the country at Miss World 2009 which took place in December 2009. She crowned her successor Miss Bulgaria, Romina Andonova, in April 2010.

  32. Marin Raykov

    Marin Raykov
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Marin Raykov Nikolov is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat who was appointed to serve as a caretaker Prime Minister of Bulgaria and minister of foreign affairs of Bulgaria on 12 March 2013 by Bulgarian president Rosen Plevneliev. He left office on 29 May 2013 with his interim deputy PM Ekaterina Zakharieva.

  33. Ivaylo Kalfin

    Ivaylo Kalfin
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1964-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politicianeconomist
    Biography

    Ivaylo Georgiev Kalfin is a Bulgarian politician. A three-term deputy, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and Deputy Prime Minister from 2005 to 2009 in the Stanishev Cabinet. Kalfin was a Member of European Parliament between 2009 and 2014. Between 7 November 2014 and May 2016 he served as Deputy Prime-Minister of Bulgaria, and Minister of Labor and Social Policy in the Second Borisov Cabinet.

  34. Aleksandar Tomov

    Aleksandar Tomov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Aleksandar Trifonov Tomov is a Bulgarian politician, economist, and academic.

  35. Svetoslav Minkov

    Svetoslav Minkov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1902-1966 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    translatorediting staffscience fiction writerwriterjournalist
    Biography

    Svetoslav Konstantinov Minkov was a Bulgarian absurdist fiction writer.

  36. Kristian Vigenin

    Kristian Vigenin
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Kristian Ivanov Vigenin is a Bulgarian politician, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, and a former Member of the European Parliament.

  37. Kalina Krumova

    Kalina Krumova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1985-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    journalistpolitician
    Biography

    Kalina Venelinova Krumova is a Bulgarian politician, television presenter and journalist. She was elected to the 41st National Assembly of Bulgaria as a member of the Ataka Party in the 2009 parliamentary election. She is the youngest MP in Bulgaria.

  38. Svetoslav Vitkov

    Svetoslav Vitkov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    musicianpolitician
    Biography

    Svetoslav Emilov Vitkov is a Bulgarian singer and politician, best known for his work with Hipodil. In 2013, he founded the political party People's Voice.

  39. Georgi Minchev

    Georgi Minchev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1943-2001 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    composersongwritertelevision presentersinger
    Biography

    Georgi Minchev, also called Gosho Minchev or Zhoro Minchev, was a Bulgarian rock musician, singer, songwriter and TV presenter.

  40. Mladen Marinov

    Mladen Marinov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politicianmilitary officerjurist
    Biography

    Mladen Naydenov Marinov is a Bulgarian politician serving as a member of the National Assembly since 2021. From 2018 to 2020, he served as minister of interior.

  41. Ivaylo Moskovski

    Ivaylo Moskovski
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ivaylo Moskovski is a Bulgarian politician and former Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications in Bulgaria.

  42. Temenuzhka Petkova

    Temenuzhka Petkova
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    accountantpolitician
    Biography

    Temenuzhka Petkova is a Bulgarian politician who is currently a Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria. A member of the GERB party, she previously served as the Minister of Energy from 2014 to 2017 and then from 2017 to 2021. Petkova graduated from the University of National and World Economy.

  43. Ilian Vassilev

    Ilian Vassilev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    diplomatwriter
    Biography

    Ilian Vassilev is a Bulgarian diplomat, writer, and political blogger. He was President of the Bulgarian Foreign Investment Agency from 1997 to 2000, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2006, following which he became Chairman of Deloitte in Bulgaria. At present he is Managing Partner of his own consulting company Innovative Energy Solutions. He is Chairman of the Reform Union Club (RUC) and Honorary Chair of the Bulgarian Economic Forum since its Foundation in 1997. Ilian Vassilev also coordinates the Sofia Business School, a joint undertaking of the RUC and the New Bulgarian University. He has served as advisor on energy related matters to succeeding Bulgarian governments and appears as a regular energy security commentator for western news outlets, including the Financial Times, Reuters, and others.

  44. Desislava Taneva

    Desislava Taneva
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Desislava Zhekova Taneva, born 9 June 1972, is a Bulgarian politician who is the Minister of Agriculture and Food in the Second Borisov Government.

  45. Georgi Pirinski, Jr

    Georgi Pirinski, Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Georgi Pirinski is a Bulgarian politician of the Bulgarian Communist Party and after 1990 of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). He was a member of seven National Parliaments (1994 – 1997) and was the Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria from 2005 to 2009. Member of the European Parliament between 2014 and 2019.

  46. Rumen Ovcharov

    Rumen Ovcharov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politicianeconomistengineerphysicist
    Biography

    Rumen Stoyanov Ovtcharov is a Bulgarian politician, engineer, physicist and economist. He was a member of the National Parliament on four occasions and was the Minister of the Economy and Energy between 17 August 2005 and 18 July 2007.

  47. Ahmed Majdalani

    Ahmed Majdalani
    Born in
    Syria Flag Syria
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    university teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Ahmed Majdalani is a Palestinian politician, university professor and researcher. A former Palestinian government minister, he currently serves as Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF) and is a senior member of the PLO Executive Committee which is considered the highest political level in Palestine.

  48. Martin Dimitrov

    Martin Dimitrov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politicianeconomist
    Biography

    Martin Dimitrov is a Bulgarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) from 2008 to 2012.

  49. Nikolay Sabev

    Nikolay Sabev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpoliticiancivil servant
    Biography

    Nikolay Yordanov Sabev is a Bulgarian businessman and politician. He was minister of transport and communications in the Petkov government.

  50. Silvi Petrov

    Silvi Petrov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Silvi Kirilov Petrov is a Bulgarian politician who has been the Minister of Health since 2025. A member of the ITN party, he previously served as Member of the National Assembly from 2024 to 2025 and from 2021 to 2022.

  51. Antonina Stoyanova

    Antonina Stoyanova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Antonina Stoyanova, née Naydenova, is a Bulgarian IP lawyer, diplomat and social activist, who was the First Lady of Bulgaria between 1997 and 2002, as the wife of the President Petar Stoyanov. She received her law degree and her PhD in international relations from the University of Leipzig.

  52. Kiril Dobrev

    Kiril Dobrev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Kiril Nikolaev Dobrev is a Bulgarian politician. He has been a member of the National Assembly since 2024, having previously served from 2005 to 2017. He is the son of Nikolay Dobrev.

  53. Antoaneta Vassileva

    Antoaneta Vassileva
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    university teachereconomist
    Biography

    Antoaneta Vassileva is a Bulgarian economist and Professor of Global Economics and International Economic Relations at the International Economic Relations and Business Department at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE). She was Dean of the International Economics and Politics Faculty of the UNWE from 2011 until 2014.

  54. Dragomir Zakov

    Dragomir Zakov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomatminister
    Biography

    Dragomir Zakov is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat, who served as the Minister of Defense in the Petkov Government from March to August 2022. He served as head of the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria to NATO from 25 March 2019 to 1 March 2022.

  55. Radi Naidenov

    Radi Naidenov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Radi Naydenov is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat. He joined the Bulgarian diplomatic service in 1992, and in 2002 he was Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Defense. From 2002 until 2005, he was Head of Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He then served as Bulgaria’s ambassador to Germany, and was the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria between 27 January 2017 and 4 May 2017.

  56. Nayden Zelenogorski

    Nayden Zelenogorski
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nayden Zelenogorsky is a Bulgarian politician and former mayor of Pleven Municipality and a member of parliament.

  57. Aleksandar Nenkov

    Aleksandar Nenkov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Aleksandar Rumenov Nenkov is a Bulgarian politician serving as a member of the National Assembly since 2009. He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2022.

  58. Ivan Iskrov

    Ivan Iskrov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politicianbankereconomist
    Biography

    Ivan Iskrov was the governor of the Bulgarian National Bank from October 2003 to July 2015.

  59. Vladislav Panev

    Vladislav Panev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1976-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    financierpolitician
    Biography

    Vladislav Panev is a Bulgarian economist and politician. He is one of the co-chairs of the Green Movement. He has been a member of the National Assembly (Bulgaria) since the April 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election.

  60. Elena Alexieva

    Elena Alexieva
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    playwrightpoetwritertranslatoruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Elena Alexieva is a Bulgarian writer.

  61. Mariana Kotzeva

    Mariana Kotzeva
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    statisticianeconometrician
    Biography

    Mariana Mihaylova Kotzeva is a Bulgarian statistician and econometrician. Since the beginning of 2017 she has been the acting director-general of Eurostat, the directorate-general of the European Commission responsible for providing statistical information to the institutions of the European Union and for harmonizing statistical methods across the Union. She is also the former president of the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria.

  62. Statty Stattev

    Statty Stattev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Stati Vasilev Statev is a Bulgarian scientist, economist and mathematician, and professor at University of National and World Economy. He is the rector of that same university since December 19, 2011.

  63. Hristo Aleksiev

    Hristo Aleksiev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Hristo Alexiev is a Bulgarian politician who served as the Minister of Transport and Communications in three caretaker governments between 2021 and 2023. He was also a Deputy Prime Minister from 2022 to 2023.

  64. Zahari Zhandov

    Zahari Zhandov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1911-1998 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    actorfilm director
    Biography

    Zahari Zhandov was a Bulgarian film director, script writer and cinematographer. He was born on 1 June 1911 in the city of Rousse. At first he studied mathematics and then administrative sciences at Free University of Political and Economic Sciences, today UNWE in Sofia. His debut in film-making was with the a short documentary One Day in Sofia (Edin den v Sofia, 1946). Later he came to direct films like Shibil (1968), Birds Come Flying to Us (Ptitzi dolitat, 1971) and The Master of Boyana (Boyanskiyat maystor, 1981). Zhandov got a Golden palm nomination at the Cannes Film Festival in 1957 for the film Earth (Zemya). In 1969 he was a member of the jury at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.

  65. Nedzhmi Ali

    Nedzhmi Ali
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politicianeconomist
    Biography

    Nedzhmi Ali is a Bulgarian politician of Bulgarian-Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

  66. Nikolay Milkov

    Nikolay Milkov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Nikolay Milkov is a Bulgarian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2 August 2022 to 3 May 2023. Prior to his appointment, he was the Bulgarian Ambassador to France. He had also served as the Ambassador to Canada and Romania.

  67. Monika Panayotova

    Monika Panayotova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    politicianeconomist
    Biography

    Monika Panayotova is a Doctor of Political Science, with interests in the field of the EU security and defence policy. Bulgarian politician – Monika Panayotova has been appointed as Deputy Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2018, responsible for the relations with the European Parliament during the Bulgaria's presidency (the so-called - Ministre Délégué) since June 28, 2017.

  68. Iliyan Todorov

    Iliyan Todorov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ilian Sashov Todorov is a Bulgarian politician from Attack. From 2011 he works as a regional coordinator in Attack for South-West Bulgaria. On the 2013 election he was leading the lists in two regions.

  69. Milena Nikolova

    Milena Nikolova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Milena Nikolova is a Bulgarian writer.

  70. Maria Velcheva

    Maria Velcheva
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1976-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    chess player
    Biography

    Maria Nikolaeva Velcheva is a Bulgarian chess player who received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1999. She is a five-time winner of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001).

  71. Pedro Luís da Fonseca

    Pedro Luís da Fonseca
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politicianeconomist
    Biography

    Pedro Luís da Fonseca is an Angolan politician and economist. He is currently Minister of Economy and Planning of Angola.

  72. Venelin Tsachevsky

    Venelin Tsachevsky
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    historiandiplomateconomist
    Biography

    Venelin Tsachevsky is a Bulgarian scholar, economist, historian, political researcher and diplomat.

  73. Nikola Minkov

    Nikola Minkov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1987-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Nikola Minkov is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder, and now works in marketing and SEO optimization.

  74. Aneta Avramova

    Aneta Avramova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Aneta Dimitrova Avramova is a Bulgarian economist and public relations specialist.