| Meglena Pluglichieva | |
| Native Name Lang: | bg |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 14 July 2009 |
| Term End2: | 31 May 2012 |
| Constituency2: | 19th MMC – Ruse |
| Term Start3: | 12 January 1995 |
| Term End3: | 19 April 2001 |
| Office1: | Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria |
| Term Start1: | 24 April 2008 |
| Term End1: | 27 July 2009 |
| Primeminister1: | Sergei Stanishev |
| Alongside1: | Ivaylo Kalfin, Emel Etem Toshkova and Daniel Valchev |
| Predecessor1: | Nikolay Vasilev Lydia Shuleva Kostadin Paskalev |
| Successor1: | Tsvetan Tsvetanov Simeon Djankov |
| Office4: | Deputy Minister of Environment and Water |
| Primeminister4: | Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
| Minister4: | Kostadin Paskalev |
| Birth Date: | 12 February 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Balchik, PR Bulgaria |
| Party: | Independent |
| Otherparty: | BSP (until 2012) |
Meglena Plugchieva is a former Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister, ambassador and member of the Bulgarian National Assembly from the Socialist Party.[1] She was Ambassador to Montenegro from 2019 to 2022.[2]
“Iron Meggy” was recalled from Germany in 2008 “to clean up widespread corruption and misuse of European Union funds.”[3]
She has a degree in forest management and environmental studies at the University of Forestry, Sofia.[4]
Puglicheva was appointed as a Foreign Policy advisor to Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev in 2024. On the 24th of April, Pluglicheva resigned from her position.[5] Pluglicheva justified her decision by referencing Glavchev's decision to assume the position of Foreign Minister along with his duties as Prime Minister, which she opposed.[6]