66 Notable alumni of
University of National and World Economy
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The University of National and World Economy is 612th in the world, 226th in Europe, and 3rd in Bulgaria by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 66 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.
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Kristalina Georgieva
- Enrolled in the University of National and World Economy
- Graduated with Bachelor of Economics
- Occupations
- chief executive officeruniversity teacherpoliticianeconomistinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova is a Bulgarian economist serving as the 12th managing director of the International Monetary Fund since 2019. She was the Chief Executive of the World Bank Group from 2017 to 2019 and served as Acting President of the World Bank Group from 1 February to 8 April 2019 following the resignation of Jim Yong Kim. She previously served as Vice-President of the European Commission under Jean-Claude Juncker from 2014 to 2016.
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Nguyen Sinh Hung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Maria Ilieva
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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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.
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Emiliyan Stanev
- Occupations
- politicianwritercivil servant
- Biography
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Emiliyan Stanev was the pseudonym of Nikola Stoyanov Stanev (Никола Стоянов Станев, 28 February 1907 – 15 March 1979), a 20th-century Bulgarian prose writer.
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Maya Manolova
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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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.
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Nguyen Thi Doan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Ivan Kostov
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Ivan Yordanov Kostov was the 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria in office from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) between December 1994 and July 2001.
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Galab Donev
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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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.
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Grisha Ganchev
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- amateur wrestlerbusinessperson
- Biography
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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.
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Ivo Prokopiev
- Occupations
- financierentrepreneur
- Biography
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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.
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Mustafa Karadaya
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mustafa Sali Karadayi is a Bulgarian politician of Turkish origin who was the former Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF).
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Tsvetan Tsvetanov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Desislava Radeva
- Occupations
- office manager
- Biography
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Desislava Radeva is a Bulgarian public figure and the current First Lady of Bulgaria since January 2017, being the wife of President Rumen Radev.
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Liliana Pavlova
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Đoko Rosić
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Đorđe "Đoko" Rosić was a Bulgarian actor who was also well known in Hungary.
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Plamen Oresharski
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- ministerpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Plamen Vasilev Oresharski is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2013 to 2014. Previously Oresharski was Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2009 in the Cabinet of the Triple Coalition with Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.
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Reneta Indzhova
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Reneta Ivanova Indzhova is a Bulgarian politician and manager. Between October 1994 and January 1995 she served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, the first, and so far, only, woman in Bulgaria to hold this office.
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Vladislav Goranov
- Occupations
- politicianfinancier
- Biography
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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.
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Nikolay Mladenov
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Nikolay Evtimov Mladenov is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat 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.
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Angel Karaliychev
- Occupations
- children's writerwriter
- Biography
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Angel Ivanov Karaliychev was a Bulgarian writer of children's literature.
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Elena Poptodorova
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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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.
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Valentin Mihov
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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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).
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G. M. Dimitrov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Stefan Sofiyanski
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Traicho Traikov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Vanya Grigorova
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Nikolina Angelkova
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Marin Raykov
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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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.
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Lyudmila Filipova
- Occupations
- actorjournalistwriter
- Biography
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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
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Antonia Petrova Beredin
- Occupations
- actormodelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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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.
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Ivan Portnih
- Occupations
- politicianmayorhotel manager
- Biography
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Ivan Nikolaev Portnih, born Ivan Nikolaevich Portnih (Russian: Иван Николаевич Портных) is a Bulgarian businessman and politician who served as the 49th Mayor of Varna between 2013 and 2023.
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Ivaylo Kalfin
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Svetoslav Minkov
- Occupations
- writerscience fiction writerediting stafftranslatorjournalist
- Biography
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Svetoslav Konstantinov Minkov was a Bulgarian absurdist fiction writer.
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Aleksandar Tomov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aleksandar Trifonov Tomov is a Bulgarian politician, economist, and academic.
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Kalina Krumova
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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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.
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Kristian Vigenin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Svetoslav Vitkov
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- politicianmusician
- Biography
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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.
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Ivaylo Moskovski
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ivaylo Moskovski is a Bulgarian politician and former Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications in Bulgaria.
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Georgi Minchev
- Occupations
- songwritercomposersingertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Georgi Minchev, also called Gosho Minchev or Zhoro Minchev, was a Bulgarian rock musician, singer, songwriter and TV presenter.
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Temenuzhka Petkova
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- politicianaccountant
- Biography
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Temenuzhka Petkova is a Bulgarian politician and accountant. Since November 7, 2014 she is the Minister of Energy in the Second Borisov Cabinet. Petkova graduated from the University of National and World Economy.
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Desislava Taneva
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Desislava Zhekova Taneva, born 9 June 1972, is a Bulgarian politician who is the Minister of Agriculture and Food in the Second Borisov Government.
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Georgi Pirinski, Jr
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- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Rumen Ovcharov
- Occupations
- physicistengineereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Martin Dimitrov
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Nikolay Sabev
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersoncivil servant
- Biography
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Nikolay Yordanov Sabev is a Bulgarian businessman and politician. He was minister of transport and communications in the Petkov government.
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Antonina Stoyanova
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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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.
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Antoaneta Vassileva
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- economistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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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.
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Radi Naidenov
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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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.
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Dragomir Zakov
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- ministerdiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Dragomir Zakov is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat, serving as Minister of Defense in the Petkov Government since 1 March 2022. He served as head of the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria to NATO from 25 March 2019 to 1 March 2022.
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Ivan Iskrov
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- bankerpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Ivan Iskrov was the governor of the Bulgarian National Bank from October 2003 to July 2015.
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Vladislav Panev
- Occupations
- politicianfinancier
- Biography
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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.
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Statty Stattev
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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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.
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Mariana Kotzeva
- Occupations
- econometricianstatistician
- Biography
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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.
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Elena Alexieva
- Occupations
- university teachertranslatorwriterpoetplaywright
- Biography
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Elena Alexieva is a Bulgarian writer.
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Hristo Aleksiev
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- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Zahari Zhandov
- Occupations
- film directoractor
- Biography
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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.
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Monika Panayotova
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Nedzhmi Ali
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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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.
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Nikolay Milkov
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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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 previously the Bulgarian Ambassador to France. He had also served as the Ambassador to Canada and Romania.
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Iliyan Todorov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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.
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Milena Nikolova
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- writer
- Biography
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Milena Nikolova is a Bulgarian writer.
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Maria Velcheva
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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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).
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Pedro Luís da Fonseca
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Pedro Luís da Fonseca is an Angolan politician and economist. He is currently Minister of Economy and Planning of Angola.
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Venelin Tsachevsky
- Occupations
- diplomathistorianeconomist
- Biography
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Venelin Tsachevsky is a Bulgarian scholar, economist, historian, political researcher and diplomat.
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Nikola Minkov
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Nikola Minkov is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder, and now works in marketing and SEO optimization.
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Aneta Avramova
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Aneta Dimitrova Avramova is a Bulgarian economist and public relations specialist.
