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Margarita Popova

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Margarita Popova
Маргарита Попова
Official portrait, 2012
5th Vice President of Bulgaria
In office
22 January 2012 – 22 January 2017
PresidentRosen Plevneliev
Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Marin Raykov
Plamen Oresharski
Georgi Bliznashki
Boyko Borisov
Preceded byAngel Marin
Succeeded byIliana Iotova
Minister of Justice
In office
27 July 2009 – 29 November 2011
Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Preceded byMiglena Tacheva
Succeeded byDiana Kovacheva
Personal details
Born (1957-05-15) 15 May 1957 (age 67)
Velingrad, Bulgaria
Political partyCitizens for European Development of Bulgaria
SpouseYordan Popov
Alma materSofia University
ProfessionPhilologist, Jurist

Margarita Stefanova Popova (Bulgarian: Маргарита Стефанова Попова; born 15 May 1957) is a Bulgarian jurist, prosecutor, educator who was Vice President of Bulgaria from 2012 to 2017. She previously served as Minister of Justice from 27 July 2009 to 4 September 2011 in the cabinet of Boyko Borisov.[1] As the running mate of presidential candidate Rosen Plevneliev in the October 2011 presidential election, she was elected as vice president and took office in January 2012.

Biography

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Margarita Popova graduated Bulgarian philology in University of Sofia in 1980, and later (1989) law in the same university.[1] She was appointed prosecutor in Pirdop in 1990, in 1991 she was a regional prosecutor in Ruse, and administrative head and regional prosecutor in Sofia district from 1996 to 2006.[1] She studied law under communism and is an expert on communist law. She carries on her expertise on communist law in her work as vice-president.

She was lecturer in the National Police Academy (2001–2004) and National Institute of Justice (2005–2009).

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Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Bulgaria
2012–2017
Succeeded by