Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva
Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum
Place of Birth: Bulgaria
Degree: PhD in Law
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Education:
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1967-1971
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University "St. Kliment Ochridski" in Sofia, Juridical Faculty
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1991
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PhD in Law, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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Professional Life:
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1972-1973
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Stagiaire - Advocate, Sofia Advocacy
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1973-1976
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Legal adviser (Contracts and Arbitrage) to Industrial plant ”Tich trud”, Sofia
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1997-1998
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Adviser of the Direction of UBS (United Bank of Switzerland), Zürich, Switzerland
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2005-
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Member of the Board and Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum
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Academic Career:
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1976-1990
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University Professor at the University for National and World Economy, Sofia, Faculty of Law
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1983
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Scientific research in Social law at the University of Vienna, Austria
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1987, 1990, 1996
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Scientific research in Social law at the Max Planck Institute in Munich and Private law at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg, Germany
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Political Mandates:
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1990
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Sofia, National Round Table - Expert of the opposition at the time for the legal and political restructuring in Bulgaria after the communist regime
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1990-1991
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Member of Parliament in the first democratically elected Grand National Assembly of 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. |
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Diplomatic Career:
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1991-1996
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Switzerland
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1994-1996
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Principality of Liechtenstein
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1999-2001
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Finland
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2001-2005
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Austria
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Merits:
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2000-
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Honour Cross of St. George – Honourable Member of the Helsinki Battalion (founded in 1812)
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2006-
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Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
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2014-
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Granting of honorary citizenship due to the extraordinary achievements already made and to be expected of a special interest to the Republic of Austria (in the field of Economics) – with Official Act of the Federal Government on July 3, 2014, in accordance with Art 10 (6) StbG.
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Languages:
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Mother Tongue Bulgarian
German, English, Russian |
Publications:
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Various scientific articles and studies, manuals and handbooks for university students and for practical legal use in Sofia, Munich, Hamburg and Vienna
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Organisations:
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Founding Member, Member of the Board and Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum
President of the Supervisory Board of Industrial Holding Bulgaria |