Yordanka Fandakova

Yordanka Fandakova is Mayor of Sofia from 2009. Her previous positions include Member of Parliament, Minister of Education, Youth and Science, Sofia Deputy Mayor for Culture, Education and Sports. Prior to that she gained rich 20-year experience in the area of education as a teacher and as a school principle.

Mrs. Fandakova holds MA in Russian Philology from Sofia University and Pushkin Institute in Moscow. She has additional qualifications in the spheres of management of education, business administration, political management. She speaks Russian and English.

Mrs. Fandakova’s priorities and achievements during her mandates as Mayor of Sofia include fast development of city infrastructure, free and fast internet coverage in public spaces, environment, education, better conditions for doing business in Sofia. During her term in office Sofia became one of the 30 fastest developing cities in the world and the European capital city with the biggest GDP growth in the last 10 years.