Margarita Popova

Margarita Popova Маргарита Попова
Vice President-Elect of Bulgaria
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 January 2012
President	Rosen Plevneliev
Preceded by	Angel Marin
Minister of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 July 2009
Preceded by	Miglena Tacheva
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Born	15 May 1956 (1956-05-15) (age 55) Velingrad, Bulgaria
Political party	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
Spouse(s)	Yordan Popov
Alma mater	Sofia University
Profession	Philologist, Jurist
Religion	Bulgarian Orthodoxy

Margarita Stefanova Popova (Bulgarian: Маргарита Стефанова Попова) (born May 15, 1956) is Bulgarian jurist, prosecutor, educator and former Minister of Justice (July 27, 2009 – September 4, 2011) in the cabinet of Boyko Borisov.^[1] She is the new Vice President of Bulgaria elected on October 30, 2011 in the Bulgarian presidential election, 2011.

Biography

Margarita Popova graduated Bulgarian philology in University of Sofia in 1980, and later (1989) law in the same university.^[1] She was appointed prosecutor in Pirdop in 1990, in 1991 she was a regional prosecutor in Ruse, and administrative head and regional prosecutor in Sofia district from 1996 to 2006.^[1]

She was lecturer in the national Police academy (2001 – 2004) and National institute of justice (2005 – 2009).

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Margarita Popova, Biography in the Council of Ministers website

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Name	Popova, Margarita
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