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The head of state Rumen Radev

Rumen Georgiev Radev is a Bulgarian military man, a major general in the reserve.

Former Commander appointed by his decree № 118 of April 15, 2022 Iliya Lingorski as a member of the Management Board of the Bulgarian National Bank, as of June 18, 2022.

This was announced by the press office of the Presidency.  

Iliya Lingorski entered politics in 2003, when he became then-Deputy Finance Minister Milen Velchev in the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha government.

Lingorski is currently the Chief Economist of the Bulgarian Development Bank. 

Parliament rejected Karimanski's candidacy for BNB chief

Iliya Lingorski will replace the current member of the central bank's board from the presidential quota, Elitsa Nikolova.

Rumen Radev

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Elijah Lingorski