Our Staff

Ivan Krastev
Chair of the Board, Programme Director, Political Research
Roumen Avramov
Programme Director, Economic Research from 1994 to 2012
Georgy Ganev
Programme Director, Economic Research
Deyan Kiuranov
Programme Director, Political Research
Yulia Gourkovska (1945 - 2001)
Programme Director, Political Research
Yonko Grozev
Programme Director, Legal Studies
Daniel Smilov
Programme Director, Political and Legal Research
Antoinette Primatarova
Programme Director, European Union
Anna Ganeva
Executive Director
Milla Mineva
Managing Editor Foreign Policy Bulgaria
Ruzha Smilova
External Researcher
Dimitar Bechev
Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR's office in Sofia
Yana Papazova
Program Coordinator
Nikoleta Gabrovska
Advocacy and Communications Officer, ECFR Sofia
Rossitsa Liubenova
Programme and Financial Coordinator
Jenny Kaneva
Communications Officer
Rashko Dorosiev
Project Director, Political Research (on leave)
Vessela Tcherneva
Programme Director, Foreign Policy Studies (on leave)
Ralitsa Peeva
Programme Director, Political Research (on leave)