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In the following years, Tsonev participated in the management of several companies. In 1996, he graduated with an accounting degree at the
University of National and World Economy. In 2005, he graduated Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", where he majored in Philosophy. In 2006, he defended his
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Marketing. Since 2002, he has been a lecturer at UNWE (University of National and World Economy). Since 2015, Nikolay Tsonev has been an associate professor of Economics and Management, and since 2019 he has been elected as Head of the "Economics of Tourism" department at UNWE.
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During his tenure as minister, he amended the
Defence and Armed Forces Act and provided armed forces personnel with numerous social incentives. Along with this, he undertook financial optimizations that allowed the budget of the Ministry of Defence to reach a size of nearly 2% of Bulgaria's gross
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Nikolay Tsonev was born on June 9, 1956, in the town of Pernik. He graduated from “Georgi
Dimitrov” National Military Artillery School, majoring in Anti-Aircraft Artillery and since 1978 he has been an officer in the Bulgarian Armed Forces. In the years from 1986 through 1989, he studied at The
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Minister of Defence, Nikolay Tsonev worked as a manager of several companies engaged in the field of light industry. From 1999 to 2000, he headed the Supply Management Directorate at the Ministry of Defence. In 2001, he became a ministerial adviser to the Minister of Defence
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From 1999 to 2000, he headed the Supply
Management Directorate at the Ministry of Defence. In 2001, he became a ministerial adviser to the Minister of Defence Nikolay Svinarov, and in 2002 he headed the Executive Agency “Social Activities at the Ministry of Defence”. On April 24, 2008, he was
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Alternativa" he was elected chairman of the party. The party has a centrist orientation and professes patriotic-liberal ideas.
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