Rosen Zhelyazkov

Rosen Zhelyazkov (Bulgarian: Росен Желязков; born 5 April 1968) is a Bulgarian politician and current Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria.[1][2]

Rosen Zhelyazkov
Росен Желязков
Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
Assumed office
19 April 2023
Preceded byVezhdi Rashidov
Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications
In office
20 September 2018  12 May 2021
Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Preceded byIvaylo Moskovski
Succeeded byGeorgi Todorov
Personal details
Born (1968-04-05) 5 April 1968
Sofia, PR Bulgaria
Political partyGERB
EducationSofia University

Career

In 1994, he began his career as a legal advisor at the Sofia Municipality's Sredets district, where he has since held senior legal advisor, secretary, and mayoral deputy positions. From starting 1995, he is a civil and commercial lawyer.[3][1]

Between 1998 and 1999, he worked as deputy mayor for "Law and Control" of Lozenets district, Sofia Municipality.[1][2][3][4]

From 2003 to 2009 he was secretary of the Sofia Municipality. Later on he continued working as Secretary General of the Council of Ministers from 2009 to 2013.[1][2][3][4]

During the period 2014-2016 he was Prime Minister on Public Administration and e-Government.[1][2][3][5]

As of 30 September 2016 by a decision of the Council of Ministers he was appointed Chairman of the State e-Government Agency.[1][3][6]

In 2018 September 20, he was elected by the National Assembly as Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications.[1][3]

He was a Member of Parliament (GERB-UDF) in the 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th and 49th National Assembly.[2] On April 19th, 2023, following an agreement between GERB-UDF and the second largest froup in the National Assembly - PP-DB, Rossen Zhelyazkov was elected Parliament Chair with 136 votes in favour. [7]

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