Professional Experience:

• 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
• 1994 - 1997, 2000 - 2001 and since June 2005: 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:

• Member of Parliament at the 37th, 38th and 40th NationalAssembly. Member of Foreign Policy Committee and Budgeting and Finance Committee
•  Deputy Chairman of the Bulgaria/EU Joint Parliamentary Committee - 1995-1997
• Founder of the Social Democrats Political Movement

Memberships:

• Founding member of the Bulgarian Macroeconomics Association
• Member of the Advisory Board of Bulgaria Beyond the Facts Early Warning System implemented by UNDP and USAID
• Member of the Association of British Alumni in Bulgaria
• Member of Board of Directors, Institute for Economics and International Relations
• Member of the Fellows Network of the German Marshall Fund of the USA
• Member of the Association of Scholarship Fellows of the Chevening programme, UK

Educational Background:

• 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:

• 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:

• Co-author, "Bulgaria 2010: Economic Challenges", a report to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2005
• Co-author, "Factors of Economic Growth in Bulgaria", 2000
• Author of numerous articles in Bulgaria and in international trade journals on European Union and macroeconomic issues
• Presenter at numerous specialised workshops in Bulgaria and abroad

Languages:
English, French, Russian and Spanish

Marital status:
Married, with one daughter