Tаnya Georgieva (Dabnishka)
Deputy Minister
Tanya Georgieva (Dabnishka) has a master's degree in Вusiness Сonsultancy from the University of Economics in Varna. Tanya Georgieva also holds a master's degree in Ecology and Environmental Protection from the Technical University, Varna. She began her professional career as a PhD student in Agroecology at the Institute of Soil Science "N. Pushkarov", Sofia.
She has significant professional experience in the non-governmental sector of agriculture. Deputy Minister Georgieva held the positions of executive director and member of the Management Board of the Association of Agricultural Producers in Bulgaria in the periods - 2016-2018 and 2022-2023. During the period 2014-2016, Tanya Georgieva was an expert of the association and played a key role in the working groups of the Ministry of Agriculture representing the interests of farmers on direct payments and the Rural Development Program (RDP), the Grain Advisory Council of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, the Monitoring Committee of the RDP (2014-2020), the National recovery and sustainability plan, the CAP Strategic Plan, etc.
From 2018 to 2022, Georgieva was a key expert in the National Rural Network Management Unit of the RDP (2014-2020) and took part in the development of a legislative framework for the program period.
During the period 2007-2016, Dabniska gained experience in the field of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Branch organizations from the agro-food chain nominated Tanya Georgieva (Dabnishka) to represent Bulgaria in the European Economic and Social Committee in the section "Agriculture, Rural Development, Environment (NAT) from Group III of the EESC-"Diversity Europe" in 2021.
She has participated in numerous working groups and projects in Bulgaria and Europe.
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.
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.
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).