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Rumiana Jeleva

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Rumiana Ruseva Jeleva (Bulgarian: Румяна Русева Желева; born 18 April 1969) was Bulgaria's minister of foreign affairs (July 2009 – January 2010), the third woman to hold this office after Irina Bokova and Nadezhda Mihailova. Jeleva was a key figure in the "GERB" political party which won the 2009 parliamentary elections. From 2007 to 2009, she served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and headed the Bulgarian delegation in the EPP Group. She was nominated by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov as Commissioner in the "Barroso II Commission" and was affiliated with the European People's Party (EPP). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Rumiana Jeleva is the 18,782nd most popular politician (down from 18,427th in 2024), the 355th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 338th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rumiana Jeleva ranks 18,782 out of 19,576. Before her are Zorana Mihajlović, Lilies Handayani, Esther Ouwehand, Alex Azar, Paolo Rondelli, and Lim Su-kyung. After her are Carolina Darias, Irakli Alasania, Cynthia McKinney, Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, Ko San, and Alejandro García Padilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Rumiana Jeleva ranks 869. Before her are Mary Lou McDonald, Petra Behle, Peter Paige, Juan Manuel López, James Dean Bradfield, and Dagmar Hase. After her are Tomislav Piplica, Mikael Löfgren, José Luis Oltra, Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova, Sam Cassell, and Dorothee Schneider.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Rumiana Jeleva ranks 355 out of 415. Before her are Bratan Tsenov (1964), Rumyana Neykova (1973), Ivan Tsonov (1966), Vasil Spasov (1971), Dimitar Rangelov (1983), and Petar Hubchev (1964). After her are Miroslav Kostadinov (1976), Bozhidar Iskrenov (1962), Korneliya Ninova (1969), Nadezhda Neynsky (1962), Stanislav Manolev (1985), and Preslava (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Rumiana Jeleva ranks 117. Before her are Zhan Videnov (1959), Yordanka Fandakova (1962), Yordan Yovchev (1973), Mariya Gabriel (1979), Petar Lesov (1960), and Elena Poptodorova (1951). After her are Korneliya Ninova (1969), Nadezhda Neynsky (1962), Konstantina Kouneva (1964), Kristian Vigenin (1975), and Boris Georgiev (1982).

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