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Roumyana Zheleva (40) – Foreign Minister (until January 2010)

Fri, Jul 31 2009 09:58 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Roumyana Zheleva (40) – Foreign Minister (until January 2010)

Photo: Nadezhda Chipeva

Zheleva holds degrees in sociology from the Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski and the Otto von Guericke Universitat in Germany. Elected to the European Parliament in 2007 on the GERB ticket, she was deputy floor leader of the European People’s Party group and secured a second term as an MEP at the June 2009 elections. Zheleva is widely expected to be nominated by Borissov as Bulgaria’s next European Commissioner. As Foreign Minister, her main priorities will be to enhance Bulgaria’s participation in the drafting of EU policies, strengthening Bulgaria’s leadership position in the Balkans and the Black Sea region, and pursuing closer economic ties with EU neighbours.

Zheleva was nominated as Bulgaria's European Commissioner-designate, but after a disastrous confirmation hearing in European Parliament, resigned the nomination and ministerial portfolio. Her resignation was accepted on January 20 2010.

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