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Bozhidar Nanev (46) – Health Minister (until March 2010)

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Bozhidar Nanev (46) – Health Minister (until March 2010)

Photo: Анелия Николова

Nanev is a surgeon and a graduate of the Varna Medical University, splitting his time between the Sveta Marina university hospital and the paediatric ward of the Paraskev Stoyanov university hospital in Varna. He was elected the head of the Varna medical college in 2008 and has chaired the Bulgarian Medical Union since January 2009. Nanev said he would work to reform the existing healthcare insurance model, but said that sweeping change would take time to accomplish.

Nanev resigned as minister on March 30 2010 after prosecutors indicted him for allegedly picking the more expensive of two proposed deals to buy flu vaccines.

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