Rumiana Jeleva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rumiana Jeleva

Bulgarian politician

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1969

Place of Birth: Nova Zagora, Sliven Province, Bulgaria

Profession: politician, university teacher

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Rumiana Ruseva Jeleva (Bulgarian: ?????? ?????? ??????; born April 18, 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 2007–2009 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).
However, an article in the German newspaper Die Welt accused her husband of links with the Russian mafia.Jeleva holds a B.A.
in sociology from the University of Sofia (1995) and a PhD in sociology from Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg (2003).