Sofia office: Council members

ECFR has brought together a distinguished Council of over one hundred Members - politicians, decision makers, thinkers and business people from the EU's member states and candidate countries - which meets once a year as a full body. Through geographical and thematic task forces, members provide ECFR staff with advice and feedback on policy ideas and help with ECFR's activities within their own countries. The Council is chaired by Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer and Mabel van Oranje.

ECFR's Bulgarian Council Members are:

Svetoslav Bojilov - Founder, Communitas Foundation and President of Venture Equity Bulgaria Ltd.

Ivan Krastev - Chair of Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies

Nickolay Mladenov - Foreign Minister; former Defence Minister; former Member of the European Parliament

Daniel Valtchev, former deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education