Assoc. Prof. Ivan Ivanov, PhD

Assoc. Prof. Ivan N. Ivanov, PhD graduated from the Technical University of Sofia.  In 1976 he defended his doctorate in the field of technical sciences. Since 1982 he has been an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Sofia, and since 1995 he has been Head of the UNESCO Department. He is the author of more than 60 scientific articles and reports, monographs, textbooks and teaching aids in Bulgarian and French. He was elected as a Member of the 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st National Assemblies. During his four terms of office, he has served on the leadership and as a member of a number of parliamentary committees.  As a parliamentarian, he was Vice-Chairman of the Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. On 2 April 2015, he was elected by the 42nd National Assembly as Chairman of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission. Оn 28 July 2022, according to a decision of the National Assembly, Assoc. Prof. Ivan N. Ivanov, elected as EWRC Chairman by National Assembly’s decision of 2 April 2015, shall continue to perform the functions of EWRC Chairman until the inauguration of a new chairman.