Ministry of Education, Youth and Science
Minister of Education, Youth and Science
Management Team
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Assoc. Prof. Sergei Ignatov, Ph.D. Minister of Education, Youth and Science |
| Date of birth | August 6, 1960, Vidin |
| Education: | |
| 1978 | 35 Roman Languages School, Sofia |
| 1985 | 1985 Faculty for Eastern Studies, Sankt Petersburg State University, major Egyptology |
| 1994 | Ph.D. degree, Sankt Petersburg State University |
| Professional career: | |
| Since November 2009 | Minister of Education, Youth and Science |
| August - November 2009 | Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Science |
| 2006 – 2009 | Director of the Institute of Egyptology, New Bulgarian University (NBU) |
| 2002 – 2009 | Rector of NBU |
| 2000 – 2009 | Associate Professor, NBU |
| 1999 – 2002 | Dean of the Undergraduate School, NBU |
| 1998 – 2002 | Head of the Mediterranean and Eastern Studies Department, NBU |
| 1997 – 1999 | Associate Professor, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" |
| 1991 – 1996 | Assistant, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" |
| Additional qualifications: |
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| 1993, Summer Semester | All Souls College, Oxford |
| 1993, September | All Souls College, Oxford |
| Languages: | Languages English, Russian, French Egyptian and Coptic (scientific publications on various topics), Assyrian-Babylonian (Akkadian), Ancient Greek (no research) |
