Ms. Milena Damyanova is a member of Bulgarian Parliament and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Education and Science Commission. She is a key promoter of fundamental legal reforms in Bulgarian secondary, professional and higher education, science and innovations. Her professional and political background promises success of the forthcoming academic and science reforms:
2014- present Chairperson, Education and Science Commission Bulgarian Parliament
2013 – 2014 Member of Bulgarian Parliament, member of the Parliamentary Education and Science Commission;
2012 – 2016 President of the Administrative Council to the Francophone Institute of Administration and Management in Bulgaria;
2011 – 2013 Official Representative of Bulgaria to the UNESCO International Bureau of Education;
2010 – 2013 Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgarian Government;
2009 – 2010 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education, Youth and Science;
2005 – present International Examiner in Hungarian, Centre for Advanced Language Learning, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary;
2001 – present Visiting Lecturer in Hungarian Studies, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
Ms Damyanova has a master degree in Philology (Hungarian Studies) from Sofia University and completed a post-graduate study program on Financial Management from Tsenov Academy of Economics in Svishtov. She speaks English, French, Hungarian, Russian and Mandarin languages
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