Muravey Georgiev Radev ( bg, Муравей Георгиев Радев) (born 6 May 1947) is a
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...
n politician who served as
Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
in the
Kostov government
The eighty-fourth cabinet of Bulgaria ruled from May 21, 1997 to July 24, 2001. The government was formed by the United Democratic Forces, an electoral alliance led by the Union of Democratic Forces, after they won a landslide victory in the 19 ...
between 1997 and 2001.
Life
Born in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. ...
, Radev completed his university studies in
Varna, specializing in the economics of industry. In the 1990s, he became a member of the
UDF. He has been elected to three
National Parliaments.
In 2004, he was one of the founders (alongside
Ivan Kostov
Ivan Yordanov Kostov ( bg, Иван Йорданов Костов ) (born 23 December 1949, in Sofia) was the 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria in office from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) between Dec ...
) of the
DSB.
Radev is married and has two children.
References
1947 births
Living people
Politicians from Sofia
Finance ministers of Bulgaria
Government ministers of Bulgaria
Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria)
Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) politicians
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