Rumen Hristov (politician)

Rumen Dimitrov Hristov (Bulgarian: Румен Димитров Христов; born 27 December 1955) is a Bulgarian politician from the Union of Democratic Forces.

For the Bulgarian footballer, see Rumen Hristov.
Rumen Hristov
Румен Димитров Христов
Hristov in 2022
Personal details
Born (1955-12-27) 27 December 1955
Borovo, Bulgaria
Political partyUnion of Democratic Forces
(1989–present)
Other political
affiliations		United Democratic Forces
(1996–2009)
Blue Coalition (2009–2013)
Reformist Bloc (2013–present)

Early life

He graduated from "Agricultural Economics," then defended his doctoral dissertation.

Career

Later, he was a professor at Southwestern University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. He teaches the basics of marketing and agromarketing.

In the period 1991–1994, he was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. He was an adviser to President Zhelyu Zhelev on agrarian issues. Twice minister of agriculture - in the caretaker government of Reneta Indzhova (1994–1995) and Stefan Sofiyanski (1997). From 1997 to 2002 was chief administrative secretary in the administration of the President of Bulgaria Petar Stoyanov.

The 2011 Bulgarian presidential election was a candidate for president of the Blue Coalition.

In December 2016, the Reformist bloc was commissioned to attempt to form a government, with Hristov speaking hopefully to the media.[1]

References
  1. "Bulgarian reformists in long-shot bid to form government".
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