Ekaterina Mihaylova

Екатерина Михайлова

Official portrait, 2009

Leader of the Union of Democratic ForcesIn office
26 June 2001 – 10 March 2002Preceded byIvan KostovSucceeded byNadezhda MihaylovaMember of the National AssemblyIn office
4 November 1991 – 15 March 2013Constituency25th MMC - Sofia Personal detailsBorn (1956-10-24) 24 October 1956 (age 67)
Pazardzhik, BulgariaPolitical partyDemocrats for Strong BulgariaOther political
affiliationsSDS (until 2004)ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer

Ekaterina Ivanova Mihaylova (Bulgarian: Екатерина Иванова Михайлова, born 24 October 1956) is a Bulgarian politician, who was the leader of the UDF between 2001 and 2002.^[1]

Life

Mihaylova was born in Pazardzhik, in the family of a lawyer and a physician.^[2] She graduated from Sofia University in 1978 with a degree in legal studies and started working as an attorney in 1980.^[2]

Her political career began in the 1990s when she gained prominence as a member of the UDF. Alongside Yordan Sokolov, she is considered to be among the staunchest supporters of Ivan Kostov and his policies.^[3]

In June 2001, Mihaylova succeeded Kostov as the leader of the UDF, but in March 2002 lost her position to Nadezhda Mihaylova at the 13th national conference of the party.^[1] In 2004 she became one of the founders of the DSB.^[1]

Mihaylova has been a member of five National Parliaments.^[2]

On 6 November 2007, she was honored with the academic title "honorary professor of New Bulgarian University" for her significant contributions to the development of the theoretical and practical aspects of Bulgarian parliamentarism.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Профил на Екатерина Михайлова в "omda.bg" (in Bulgarian). omda.bg. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Профил на Екатерина Михайлова в "personi.dir.bg" (in Bulgarian). personi.dir.bg. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
^ Prodanov et al. 2009, p. 496.
^ "Почетни професори на Нов български университет" (in Bulgarian). official website of New Bulgarian University. November 6, 2007. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

Books

Prodanov, Vasil; Todorov, Antoniy; Avramov, Yosif; Ivanova, Vanya (2009). Българският парламент и преходът (1st ed.). Sofia: Ciela. ISBN 978-954-28-0352-2.