Lilyana Pavlova

Lilyana Pavlova (Bulgarian: Лиляна Павлова) (born December 6, 1977) is a Bulgarian politician from the GERB party who became the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works on September 9, 2011 in the first and on November 7, 2014 in the second cabinet of Boyko Borisov.

Lilyana was born on December 6, 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She completed her education at the University of National and World Economy. She holds a Doctor's degree of Economics.

Pavlova's political career began in September 1996 at the Institute for Development of Democracy. From April 2002 to August 2009, Pavlova was Head of Department in the National Fund Directorate in the Ministry of Finance, directly responsible for financial management and the Cohesion Fund for the Danube region. Her next big step was in August 2009 when she was appointed Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. This made her responsible for Directorates in charge of the management of European Union funds and programs. On September 9, 2011, she became Minister of Regional Development and Public Works in the cabinet of Boyko Borisov. She held this post until the end of its term in 2013. She was next elected MP in the 43rd National Assembly by third multi-member constituency-Varna.

She became Minister of Regional Development and Public Works on November 7, 2014.

She is married to economics professor Plamen Nikolov and they have one daughter, Sofiya Nikolova.

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