
Nikolai Denkov
Profile
Nikolai Denkov is a Bulgarian politician, physicist, and physical chemist who currently serves as a Member of the National Assembly. He previously held the office of Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2023 to 2024, leading a government focused on European integration and security reform. Before his premiership, he served multiple terms as the Minister of Education and Science. An accomplished academic, Denkov is a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and a former professor at Sofia University, with a career spanning significant research in physical chemistry and international scientific collaboration.
Details
- Born
- 1962-09-03 · 63 years old
- Birth place
- Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
- Education
- National Gymnasium for Science and Mathematics; St. Kliment-Ohridski University in Sofia
- Career
- Physicist, physical chemist, professor at Sofia University, visiting researcher at JRDC (Japan), senior researcher at Rhone-Poulenc (France), lead scientist at Unilever (USA)



