site.btaMinister of Finance: Assen Vassilev

Assen Vassilev keeps his office from the Nikolay Denkov government (June 2023 - March 2024).

Graduated in Economics from Harvard University, where he later specialized in business administration and law. Consultant at Monitor Group in the US, Canada, Europe and the Republic of South Africa from 1999 to 2004. Led marketing and strategic development projects for major international companies in the telecommunications, energy, insurance, mining and a number of consumer goods industries. Co-founder of the airline ticket pricing company Everbread and its president from 2009 to 2013. Co-founded, with Kiril Petkov, and headed the Center for Economic Strategy and Competitiveness at Sofia University. Taught in the programme for economic growth and development of the center, affiliated with Sofia University and the Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism in the caretaker government of Prime Minister Marin Raykov from March 13 to May 29, 2013. Minister of Finance in the first caretaker government of Prime Minister Stefan Yanev between May and September 2021. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister in the government of Kiril Petkov from December 2021 to August 2022. Member of the 48th and 49th National Assembly. Co-leader of the Continue the Change party.