site.btaGrozdan Karadzhov for Deputy PM, Transport, Communications Minister

Grozdan Karadzhov was born on December 14 1966 in the town of Stara Zagora. He graduated in 1985 from the First English Language High School in Sofia and law from the Sofia University. Co-founder and national coordinator of the Bulgarian Association for Fair Elections and Democratic Practices.

Between 1990 and 1995 he worked at the Open Society Foundation - Sofia, where he successively held the positions of "Programme Coordinator", "Secretary General" and "Programme Director".

Between 1996 and 2011, he was Secretary General of the Post and Telecommunications Committee, Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC).

In the period 1998 - 2003 he was also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Bulgarian Post Bank and a member of the Board of Directors of RILA SOLUTIONS.

From 2001 to 2004 he was the Executive Director of the Democracy Foundation.  Member of the Reformist Bloc in the 43rd National Assembly between 2014 and 2017.

On December 13 2021 he was elected Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Works in the government of Kiril Petkov.

Karadzhov is a member of the Board of the Center for Economic Development. Founder of Maria's World Foundation and a long-time donor.