site.btaDeputy Prime Minister for European Affairs: Nikolay Denkov

Prime Minister in the last government (June 2023 to March 2024).

Graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. Professor of physical chemistry, Ph.D., D.Sc., Corresponding Member of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Member of the European Academy of Sciences "Academia Europea" and of the European Space Agency's Physical Sciences Expert Group. Ranked among the top 2% of the world's best scientists by Stanford University. Deputy Minister of Education and Science in charge of higher education and the European Structural Funds between August 2014 and April 2016. Caretaker Minister of Education and Science from May to December 2021. Minister of Education and Science in the government of Kiril Petkov from December 2021 to August 2022. Member of the 48th and 49th National Assembly.