Delyan Dobrev (born 1977 or 1978) is a Bulgarian politician. He was the Deputy Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy under Traycho Traykov, succeeding him as Minister in March 2012 following an energy crisis in the country which included the alleged termination of the

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project and the resignation of Traykov. Currently Dobrev is an MP from

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. According to published reports, "Dobrev graduated in economics in 2002 from

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, Middletown, Connecticut in the United States. He specialised icin accounting and finance at the

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."Delyan Dobrev as New Economy Energy and Tourism Minister
, The Sofia Echo, by The Echo staff. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

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