site.btaRositsa Karamfilova - Blagova Is Top-of-the-List Candidate of Progressive Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad 1st Constituency

BTA will publish the names of the top-of-the-list candidates of every party/coalition for all constituencies for the April 19 parliamentary elections. The information about the candidates is provided by the respective political entity, the candidates themselves and other official sources.

Rositsa Karamfilova is an expert with over 20 years of experience in environmental management. From 2022–2023, she served as Minister of Environment and Water in two consecutive caretaker governments. From 2023 to 2025, she was an ecological advisor to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria. She is currently Executive Director of the Executive Environment Agency and a member of the Management Board of the European Environment Agency (EEA). She has led the “International Programs and Projects” and “Strategies and Programs” departments and has extensive experience managing national and international environmental projects. In 2001, she graduated with a master’s degree in “Ecology and Environmental Protection” from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM) – Sofia. In 2007, she earned a doctoral degree in the same field with a dissertation on innovative treatment of waste bioproducts. She also completed a master’s course in Industrial Management. She is the author of numerous scientific publications and speaks English and Russian. Married, with one child.