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Yavor Gechev was born on June 10, 1978 in Plovdiv.

He is an engineer-agronomist by education.

In 2001, he graduated from the Plovdiv Agricultural University.

He has a master's degree in "Plant Protection".

There are several specializations - professional qualifications in "Management Skills", "Political Management", "Public Policies" and "Political Management" at the New Bulgarian University, the Bulgarian School of Politics and the Council of Europe /Strasbourg/.

The first years of his professional biography are those of a farmer.

After that, he began to gain serious professional experience in the State Fund "Agriculture", he started as an expert and reached the position of head of the Regional Payment Agency - Plovdiv.

Elections on October 2, the composition of the official cabinet also became clear, the Prime Minister is Galab Donev

Since 2013, he has been a deputy in the 42nd National Assembly.

In the same year, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food.

Yavor Gechev is the third chairman of the National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives in Bulgaria.

He was elected to this post on 28 June 2016 and held it until May 2021, when he was invited and subsequently re-occupied the post of Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry in the two caretaker governments appointed by President Rumen Radev.