Desislava Taneva

Desislava Taneva
Personal details
Born	9 June 1972 Sliven, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian
Profession	Politician

Desislava Zhekova Taneva (Bulgarian: Десислава Жекова Танева), born 9 June 1972, is a Bulgarian politician, who is currently the Minister of Agriculture and Food as part of the Second Borisov Government.

Career

Born in Sliven, Taneva earned a degree in economics from the UNWE in 1995 and studied law at the Bourgas Free University, graduating in 2001.^[1] Between 1997 and 4 July 2009, she served as the executive director of "Mel invest" AD. Taneva has also been for many years the regional leader of GERB in Sliven.^[2]

On 7 November 2014, Taneva assumed her duties as Minister of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria, succeeding Vasil Grudev.

References

1. "Десислава Танева - Министър на земеделието и храните" (in Bulgarian). mzh.government.bg. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
2. "Профил на Десислава Танева в "personi" (in Bulgarian). personi.dir.bg. 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.