Kristian Vigenin

Kristian Vigenin Кристиан Вигенин
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 29 May 2013 – 6 August 2014
Prime Minister	Plamen Oresharski
Preceded by	Nikolay Mladenov
Succeeded by	Daniel Mitov
Personal details
Born	12 June 1975 Sofia, Bulgaria
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	University of National and World Economy

Kristian Ivanov Vigenin (Bulgarian: Кристиан Иванов Вигенин; born 12 June 1975) is a Bulgarian politician, member of the Bulgarian Parliament, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, and a former Member of the European Parliament. He became minister on May 29, 2013 in the cabinet of Plamen Oresharski, where he served until the new government took office on August 6 2014. In the European Parliament, Mr. Vigenin was a member of the Coalition for Bulgaria, part of the Party of European Socialists, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union.

Biography

Born in Sofia, Vigenin received his higher education at the University of National and World Economy (1993–1998). He is fluent in English, French, German, Russian and his native Bulgarian.

External links

• Personal website
• Biography at the website of Foreign Ministry of Bulgaria
• Biography at the website of the Bulgarian government
• European Parliament profile