Vote for Personality in the News 2016

Bulgaria's largest English-language news website Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) invites you, our readers from around the world, to select Bulgaria's "Personalities in the News" for 2016!

Nominees are divided into three categories this year: Politics, Business and Diplomacy.

Voting will continue until mid-February 2017. Within this time we will take special care to present and promote equally all the nominees through interviews and articles.

The winners will be announced and awarded at a special ceremony which has already turned into a traditional and cherished event among expats, diplomats and businessmen in Bulgaria and around the world.

Politics

Yordanka Fandakova
Sofia's Mayor is among the very few Bulgarian politicians who have retained a positive approval rating amid growing distrust of the political class.


 
Krasimir Karakachanov
With the migration crisis raging on, the nationalist leader's popularity skyrocketed, turning him and the Patriotic Front he co-chairs into an essential power broker in Bulgarian politics.


 
Lyutvi Mestan
The former head of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) who was expelled from the party last year founded his own political project in the spring, effectively launching an unprecedented battle for the hearts and minds of ethnic Turk voters in Bulgaria.


 
Temenuzhka Petkova
In just two years as Energy Minister, Petkova brought fiscal stability to the debt-ridden energy sector, kickstarted the electricity market liberalization, pushed forward the construction of Bulgaria's gas links with neighbors.


 
Rumen Radev
The former Bulgarian Air Force Commander, a political outsider, was elected President in November, shaking up Bulgaria's political system.


 

Business

Dimitar Dimitrov
Allterco, the IT holding at which he is Chief Executive Officer, successfully made an Initial Public Offering on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia this autumn, pledging to spend the funding earned on improving its work on the Internet of Things.


 
Vesela Ilieva
She is the Еxecutive Director of Unique Estates, Bulgaria's first luxury real estate brokerage company in Bulgaria, which recently become exclusive partner of the biggest global network selling the most expensive properties in the world, Luxury Portfolio.


 
Plamen Panchev
His work as manager of Trakia Economic Zone has helped turn this conglomerate of industrial zones near Plovdiv into Bulgaria's fastest-growing industrial hub


 
Atanas Raykov
Last autumn, he became Head of Telecom Partnerships & General Manager CEE at Viber – a market with 27 million users as of 2015.


 
Tommy Ver Elst
At a time he is General Manager at Sensata Technologies, the world-renowned sensors and controls producer has turned Bulgaria into its second-largest production base after Mexico and China.


 

Diplomacy

Suleyman Gokce
With a string of developments in his country making headlines across the world, Turkey’s Ambassador to Bulgaria was under the spotlight throughout 2015.


 
Roland Hauser
The Austrian Ambassador to Sofia has been exceptionally active in initiatives held all around Bulgaria, always committed to asserting its European culture and past.


 
Irit Lillian
Just a year into her term as Israel’s Ambassador, she has already been campaigning to develop relations with Bulgaria in all spheres of life, from IT and defense to tourism and culture.


 
Detlef Lingemann
Serving as Germany's Ambassador to Bulgaria since 2014, he has ushered in a boost of economic relations.


 
Rajesh Kumar Sachdeva
The Indian Ambassador to Bulgaria has worked hard to bring the two countries closer together and use their untapped potential.


 


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