Irina Bokova
Politician
1952 –
Who is Irina Bokova?
Irina Georgieva Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and incumbent Director-General of UNESCO. She was member of the Bulgarian Parliament from the Bulgarian Socialist Party for two terms, minister and deputy minister of foreign affairs in the socialist cabinet of Prime Minister Zhan Videnov, and was Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to France and to Monaco, Permanent Delegate of Bulgaria to UNESCO and Personal Representative of the President of Bulgaria to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. On 22 September 2009, Bokova's candidacy was proposed for the post of Director-General of UNESCO. On 15 October 2009, The 35th Session of the General Conference elected Irina Bokova of Bulgaria as the tenth Director-General of UNESCO. Bokova is the first female and Eastern European to head UNESCO.
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- Born
- Jul 12, 1952
Sofia - Spouses
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Nationality
- Bulgaria
- Profession
- Education
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Employment
- Director-General, UNESCO
(2009/10/15 - )
- Director-General, UNESCO
- Lived in
- Paris
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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