Dr. ELENA KIRTCHEVA
Ambassador, Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum
Date and Place of Birth Bulgaria
Degree PhD in Law
Education
| | | 1967-1971
| | University "St. Kliment Ochridski" in Sofia, Juridical Faculty
| 1991 | | PhD in Law, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
Professional Life
| 1972-1973 | | Trainee lawyer, Sofia Legal Council | 1973-1976
| | Legal adviser (Contracts and Arbitrage) to Industrial plant” Tich trud”, Sofia | 1997-1998 | | Adviser of the Direction of UBS (United Bank of Switzerland), Zürich, Switzerland | 2005 – | | Member of the Board and Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum |
Academic Career
| 1976-1990 | |
University Professor at the University for National and World Economy, Law Department, Sofia
| 1983 | | Scientific research in Social law at the University of Vienna, Austria | 1987,1990,
1996 | | Scientific research in Social law at the Max Planck Institute in Munich and Private law at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg, Germany |
Political Mandates
| 1990 | |
Sofia, National Round Table - Legal expert of the Oposition for the juridical and political Change after the Communist Regime | 1990-1991
| | Member of Parliament in the first democratically elected Grand National Assembly, Bulgaria.
Vice-Chairman of the New Constitution Commission.
Member of the Commission for foreign policy of the Bulgarian Parliament.
Member of the Bulgarian parliamentarian Delegation to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
Member of the Bulgarian parliamentarian Delegation to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe CSCE (OSCE), Vienna. |
Diplomatic Career
| 1991-1996 | | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Switzerland | 1994-1996 | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Liechtenstein
| 1999-2001 | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Finland
| 2001-2005 | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Austria
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Languages
Mother Tongue Bulgarian
German, English, Russian
Publications
Various scientific articles and studies, manuals and handbooks for university students and for practical legal use in Sofia, Munich, Hamburg and Vienna
Organisations
Founding Member, Member of the Board and Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum
President of the Supervisory Board of Industrial Holding BULGARIA
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