Yordanka Fandakova

Mayor of Sofia

Yordanka Fandakova is Mayor of Sofia since 2009.

Her previous positions include elected Member of Parliament in 2009, Minister of Education, Youth and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2009, Sofia Deputy Mayor for Culture, education and Sports in 2007-2009. Prior to that she gained rich 20-year experience in the area of education as a teacher and as a school principle of Vladislav Gramatik Secondary Comprehensive School with Foreign Language Teaching in Sofia.

Mrs. Fandakova holds MA in Russian Philology from Sofia University and Pushkin Institute in Moscow. She has acquired vast additional qualifications in the spheres of management of education, business administration, political management. She speaks Russian and English.

Mrs. Fandakova’s priorities and achievements during her mandates as Mayor of Sofia include fast development of city infrastructure, free and fast internet coverage in public spaces, environment, education, better conditions for doing business in Sofia. During her term in office Sofia became one of the 30 fastest developing cities in the world and the European capital city with the biggest GDP growth in the last 10 years.