Desislava Taneva Explained

Desislava Taneva
Birth Date:9 June 1972
Birth Place:Sliven, Bulgaria
Profession:Politician
Nationality:Bulgarian

Desislava Zhekova Taneva (Bulgarian: Десислава Жекова Танева), born 9 June 1972, is a Bulgarian politician who is the Minister of Agriculture and Food in the Second Borisov Government.

Career

Born in Sliven, Taneva earned a degree in economics from the UNWE in 1995 and studied law at the Bourgas Free University, graduating in 2001.[1] Between 1997 and 4 July 2009, she served as the executive director of "Mel invest" AD. Taneva has also been for many years the regional leader of GERB in Sliven.[2]

On 7 November 2014, Taneva assumed her duties as Minister of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria, succeeding Vasil Grudev.

Notes and References

  1. News: Десислава Танева - Министър на земеделието и храните. mzh.government.bg. bg. 14 December 2014. 1 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120501220736/http://www.mzh.government.bg/MZH/bg/Ministry/Minister.aspx. dead.
  2. News: Профил на Десислава Танева в "personi. personi.dir.bg. 2014. bg. 14 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214104923/http://personi.dir.bg/person.php?id=300. 14 December 2014. dead.