Yuliana Doncheva Petkova (; born 25 June 1965) is a Bulgarian politician, businesswoman and television personality.

Life

Born in

Shumen Shumen (, also Romanization of Bulgarian, romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province. Etymology The city ...

, Doncheva is a graduate of the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, where her specialty was "

Geodesy Geodesy or geodetics is the science of measuring and representing the Figure of the Earth, geometry, Gravity of Earth, gravity, and Earth's rotation, spatial orientation of the Earth in Relative change, temporally varying Three-dimensional spac ...

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and

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". She also earned a degree in "European Integration and International Economic Relations" from the

UNWE The University of National and World Economy () is a public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. Notable alumni of the university are five Prime Ministers of Bulgaria – Reneta Indzhova, Stefan Sofiyanski, Ivan Kostov, Marin Raykov and ...

. Between 2001 and 2005, Doncheva sat in the

National Parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

as a member of the

NDSV The National Movement for Stability and Progress (, NDSV) is a liberal, populist political party in Bulgaria. It was known as the National Movement Simeon II () until 3 June 2007. The party was created as a personal vehicle of Simeon of Saxe-C ...

, being vice-chairperson of the parliamentary group of the party. She subsequently entered the ranks of the New Age (Bulgarian: Новото Време) party, remaining part of it until August 2012. Doncheva is married to

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

Stanislav Nedkov Stanislav Nedkov (, born December 9, 1981) is a Bulgarian professional mixed martial artist, political scientist and philosopher. A professional since 2006, he has formerly competed for the UFC, World Victory Road, and Pancrase. Background Nedk ...

References

Bulgarian television personalities 1965 births Living people People from Shumen Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria) National Movement for Stability and Progress politicians University of National and World Economy alumni {{Bulgaria-bio-stub