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Margarita Popova (53) – Justice Minister

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byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Margarita Popova (53) – Justice Minister

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A law graduate of Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski and a prosecutor since 1990, Popova has previously headed the Sofia District Prosecution before joining the staff of Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev in 2006. In September 2008, she was appointed to head the special unit with the Supreme Prosecution of Cassation that targeted European Union funds fraud, whose work was praised by the EC in its latest report on the Bulgarian judiciary. Popova is yet to outline her concrete policy proposals, but said that her goal would be strengthening the judiciary, which the same EC report identified as a weak link in Bulgaria’s fight against graft.

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