Two Ministers in the Interim Government Headed by Andrey Gyurov Are Graduates of Our University

The interim government headed by Andrey Gyurov and appointed by Decree of the President Iliana Yotova includes two ministers who are graduates of the University of National and World Economy.   

Traycho Traykov is appointed as interim Minister of Energy.

He has graduated from the UNWE, speciality International Economic Relations and then specialized in financial analysis and management in Austria and Germany.

His political career at the national level began in 2009 when he was appointed as Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism in Boyko Borisov's first government. After the end of Borisov's first cabinet, he joined the Civil Council of the Reformist Bloc, and in 2016 he was the Reformist Bloc's candidate for President. In 2019, he was elected as Mayor of the Sredets District in the Sofia Municipality, and in 2023 he was re-elected for a second term.

Ivan Hristanov is appointed as interim Minister of Agriculture and Food. 

He holds a Master's degree in Economics, speciality Agricultural Economics and has also second speciality Accounting and Control.

Before entering the politics, Ivan Hristanov has a career in the private sector as co-founder of one of Bulgaria's largest consumer finance companies, which was later sold to an international group.

After being elected as a Member of Parliament for the Pleven region, he focused on the public service. He was Deputy Minister of Agriculture in Kiril Petkov's government /2021–2022/.