PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

24/06/2013 – 25/03/2021
Member of Parliament:
44th National Assembly
- Deputy Chairman of the Energy Committee to NA
- Member of the Defence Committee to NA
- Member of the Subcommittee for Monitoring the EWRC Activities
43rd National Assembly
- Member of the Energy Committee - Chairman of the Committee for Monitoring the EWRC Activities
42nd National Assembly
- Member of the Energy Committee
- Member of the Subcommittee for monitoring the EWRC Activities

01/07/2011 – 23/06/2013
Expert-consultant
Consultations on the implementation of activities and measures to increase energy efficiency; developing a long-term program for the implementation of RES in Bulgaria.

03/06/2003 – 07/06/2010
Executive Director of the Energy Efficiency Agency

01/09/1995 – 01/10/1997

Director of the World Bank-funded Project Management Unit ($98 million USD) in the field of modernization of water supply and sewerage companies in Bulgaria

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION
01/09/1976 – 03/06/1981
Graduate Specialist in International Economic Relations

International Economic Relations, Organization of International Transport, International Trade Law, Informatics, State of Affairs, Foreign Languages

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (now University) Moscow, Russian Federation
ISCED 7 – Master’s Degree

25/03/1996 – 12/04/1996
Certificate of Achievement
Investment and financial analysis of infrastructure projects, practical exercises in the field of public- private partnership in various infrastructure projects (energy, roads, civil engineering)
Institute for Public Private Partnership
Washington D.C.(USA)

5/09/2013 – 03/04/2015

Doctor of Engineering Sciences Doctoral program: Electrical Supply and Electrical Equipment
ISCED 8 – Doctor’s Degree

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
15/09/1982 – 31/08/1984
Military Academy G. S. Rakovski with a Gold Medal

Military Strategic Intelligence

ISCED 7 – Master’s Degree

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Lecturer at Sofia University on the topic “Energy efficiency and competitiveness”
Awards - Diploma and Gold Medal from Technical University of Sofia for contribution to the University’s development.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Russian, German