Lozana Vasileva, PhD
Deputy Minister
Lozana Vasileva holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) in Sofia. She has completed a specialization in organic farming at the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Republic.
From 13.07.2023 to the present, Dr. Lozana Vasileva has held the position of Deputy Executive Director of the State Fund Agriculture.
From May 2017 to May 2021, she was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, responsible for the Rural Development Program, Maritime and Fisheries Program and National Viticulture Program. In August 2014, Dr. Vasileva was appointed Executive Director of SFA–Paying Agency, and in November the same year, she became Deputy Executive Director of the SFA. She was Senior Expert in agrostatistics at Pazardzhik-based Regional Agriculture and Forestry Directorate from 2003 to 2004 and head of the Pazardzhik directorate of State Agriculture Fund since 2009.
Ivan Kapitanov
Deputy Minister
Ivan Kapitanov holds a master's degree in economics and industrial management from the University of National and World Economy. He has many years of experience in state administration.
From 2002 to 2011, he worked as an expert in the "Finances of the Real Sector" Directorate at the Ministry of Finance.
From April 2011 to November 2013, Kapitanov held the position of Deputy Executive Director of the State Fund Agriculture. From August to November 2014, he was appointed as the Head of Cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture and Food in the caretaker government of Republic of Bulgaria. From November 2014 to January 2017, he served a financial advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Food.
Between 2017 and 2020, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burgas Port EAD, before that, Kapitanov served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Board of Directors of the company. From 2019 to 2021, he was reappointed as Deputy Executive Director of the State Fund Agriculture.
Fluent in English.
Dr. Eng. Miroslav Marinov
Deputy Minister
Miroslav Marinov has many years of management experience in the field of forest management and use of forests. He was the director of South-Eastern State Enterprise, Sliven. In the period from 2019 to 2021, he held the position of Executive Director of the Executive Forestry Agency. Graduate of Sofia's University of Forestry.
Assoc. Prof. Deyan Stratev
Deputy Minister
Deyan Stratev is an Associate Professor in veterinary and sanitary expert examination and long-standing lecturer at the Trakia University of Stara Zagora. He was the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency in 2021. Qualified veterinarian he further training at Istanbul University, Turkey, the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Slovakia, and Pisa University, Italy. Currently in training under the European Food Risk Assessment (EU-FORA) Fellowship Programme at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Yanislav Yanchev
Deputy Minister
Yanislav Yanchev holds a master's degree in ecology and environmental protection at the Forestry University. Yanchev's professional career for the past 15 years has been connected with the State Fund Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. From 2008 to 2024, he worked in the Direct Payments Department in the SFA. He started as an expert, and later was appointed head of the “Processing and authorization of support applications“ and head of the Implementation of schemes and measures per unit of area department. He also held the position of head of the Direct Payments Department. in the Direct Payments and Quality Schemes Directorate in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.