Dr. Elena Kirtcheva

Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva

Secretary General of Vienna Economic Forum

 

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
Stagiaire - Advocate, Sofia Advocacy
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, Sofia, Faculty of Law
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 - Expert of the opposition at the time for the legal and political restructuring in Bulgaria after the communist regime
1990-1991
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.
   
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 Principality of 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 the Republic of Austria
   
Merits:
2000-
Honour Cross of St. George – Honourable Member of the Helsinki Battalion (founded in 1812)
2006-
Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
2014-
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.
   
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