Todor Aleksandrov Tanev
Тодор Танев
Personal details
Born (1957-10-30) 30 October 1957
Sofia, Bulgaria
ProfessionPolitician, Sociologist, Political Scientist

Todor Aleksandrov Tanev (Bulgarian: Тодор Александров Танев; born 30 October 1957), is a Bulgarian political scientist and sociologist, who served as the Minister of Education and Science as part of the Second Borisov Government until his resignation in February 2016.[1]

Biography

Born in Sofia, Tanev graduated from the English language high school in the city in 1976 and subsequently earned a BA in sociology from Sofia University in 1982. He is the holder of two doctoral degrees, both in the field of political science - the first one since 1991 and the second one since 2002.[2] Tanev has made specializations in the United States and the Netherlands as well as lectured in these countries.[3]

Tanev is a member of the citizens' council (Bulgarian: Граждански съвет) of the Reformist Bloc.

On 7 November 2014, he assumed his duties as Minister of Education and Science, succeeding Rumyana Kolarova.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Кой е Тодор Танев?" (in Bulgarian). dariknews.bg. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "НАУЧНА БИОГРАФИЯ на проф. ДПН Тодор Танев" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). su.net. 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ↑ interview conducted by Sonya Siromahova (7 July 2011). "Проф. Тодор Танев: държавността продължава да се руши" (in Bulgarian). on-parliament.com (based on material from obschtestvo.net). Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Профил на Тодор Танев" (in Bulgarian). government.bg. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.


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