BULGARIAN
Academic qualifications:

• 1995, 1999 | 2000, Post-graduate Programmes in Law School, Georgetown University, Washington DC
• 1981 | 1984,Ph.D. in Environmental Law, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’
• 1975 | 1981, LL.M in Law, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’

Professional experience:
09.2018 | present day
Head of the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe in
Strasbourg

07.2017 | 09.2018
Nomination to the European Commission Committee of
Independent Eminent Persons

01.2016 | 07.2017
Minister of Education and Science

11.2014 | 07.2017
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria for European Policies Coordination and Institutional Affairs

10.2014 | 11.2014
Elected Member of the Bulgarian National Parliament

09.2010 | 09.2014
Elected Chair of the governing board of the European Policy Centre

02.2010 | 11.2014
Special Advisor on passenger rights to European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas

06.2009 | 06.2009
Elected member of the European Parliament

01.2007 | 02.2010
EU Commissioner for Consumer Policy, Brussels, Belgium

06.2005 | 06.2005
Elected member of the Bulgarian Parliament

05.2002 | 12.2006
Minister of European Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria

01.2002 | 05.2003
Governmental Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria for the Convention on the Future of the European Union

06.2001 | 01.2007
Chief Negotiator with the European Union in two successive governments

06.2001 | 09.2002
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria

05.2001 | 05.2001
Elected member of the Bulgarian Parliament

04.1991 | 05.2001
Senior Legal Advisor, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria

01.1987 | 03.1991
Editor and Presenter of a program for legal education at the Bulgarian National Radio

09.1985 | 07.1991
Civil Law Assistant Professor, Sofia University ‘St.Kliment Ohridski’

Other Positions:

• Chair of the Governing Board of the European Policy Centre (EPC)
• Honorary President of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the American University in Bulgaria
• Chair of the High-level Group of Governance of the future, Lisbon Council
• Vice President of the European Movement International (EMI)

Decorations, Prizes and Distinctions:
2019 L’ordre national du Mérite (Commandeur), France
2009 Maltese Ordine pro Merito Melitensi
2008 European of the Year, awarded by ‘European Voice’, for promoting consumer rights in digital environment
2008 European Commissioner of the Year, awarded by ‘EU Observer’
2005 Gold distinction of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria
2005 Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
2004 Order of Prince Enrique, Portugal
2003 Légion d’Honneur, France
2002 Order of Civil Merit, Kingdom of Spain

Language Skills:

• Bulgarian (Mother tongue)
• English – fluent
• Russian – fluent
• French – advanced