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Ginka Draganinska (L), together with Bulgarian former Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, at her 2010 replacement with Temenuzhka Petkova (R). Photo by Bulgaria's Ministry of Finance.
Bulgaria's Finance Minister Petar Chobanov has released Temenzhka Petkova and appointed Ginka Draganinska director of the state financial inspection agency.
Up to now, Draganinska served as the Public Financial Inspection Agency's vice-director, while in the past she has chaired the unit.
A finance graduate, Draganinska has since 1980 led a long career in government finance units.
She has been working at the Public Financial Inspection Agency and its predecessor agency since 2001, serving as their director 2001-10.
Temenuzhka Petkova replaced Draganinska as director in August 2010, after an appointment by then Bulgarian FinMin Simeon Djankov.
The Agency is an entity under Bulgaria's Minister of Finance that is in charge of inspections and audit of public finances in the country.
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