10 Facts About Ivailo Kalfin

Ivaylo Georgiev Kalfin is a Bulgarian politician.

Ivailo Kalfin was a Member of European Parliament between 2009 and 2014.

Ivailo Kalfin later received his higher education at the University of National and World Economy and Loughborough University.

Ivailo Kalfin founded the Social Democrats National Movement and served as the deputy president of the Common Parliamentary Committee Bulgaria-European Union between 1995 and 1998.

Ivailo Kalfin observed the elections in Kosovo in 2001 and 2004 as part of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe missions in the region and has worked as a senior university lecturer and manager in several consulting companies.

Ivailo Kalfin became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Deputy Prime Minister in 2005.

Ivailo Kalfin is a member of Internet Society - Bulgaria.

On 24 July 2006, at the opening of a working conference with the heads of Bulgarian embassies and consulates abroad, Ivailo Kalfin became the first Bulgarian Foreign Minister to publicly voice his opinion against the misinterpretation and misappropriation of the Bulgarian history by the Republic of Macedonia, saying that:.

On 28 July 2006 Ivailo Kalfin appealed to the Skopje authorities to replace the director of the Macedonian cultural and informational centre in Sofia Stefan Vlahov-Mitsov:.

Ivailo Kalfin's statement was provoked by Mitsov's alleged participation in the management of UMO Ilinden-Pirin, a controversial party largely regarded as Macedonist and anti-Bulgarian by the Bulgarian public.