Yordanka Asenova Fandakova

Born on 12 April 1962 in Samokov, Bulgaria
Education

35 Russian Language Secondary School,
Sofia; Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Russian Philology

Professional career
Since 23 November 2009-Mayor of Sofia Municipality

July-November 2009-Minister of Education, Youth and Science

2009-Elected as a Member of Parliament, 41st National Assembly

2005-2009-Deputy Mayor for Education, Culture, Sports and Prevention of Addictions, Sofia Municipality

1998-2005-School Principal, 73 Vladislav Gramatik Secondary School with Foreign Language Teaching, Sofia

1985-1998-Teacher, 73 Vladislav Gramatik Secondary School with Foreign Language Teaching, Sofia

Additional qualifications;

• Teacher with second qualification degree acquired in A.S. Pushkin Institute, Moscow;
• Business Administration;
• School Principal providing training, Joint program of the Ministry of Education and Science and Institute Français;
• Management of Education, Joint project of the Ministry of Education and Science, Goethe Institute and Kulturkontakt-Austria.
• Bulgarian School of Politics

Languages: Russian, English
Married with one daughter.