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Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

, term_start = July 24, 2001 , term_end = August 17, 2005 , predecessor =

Muravey Radev Muravey Georgiev Radev ( bg, Муравей Георгиев Радев) (born 6 May 1947) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Minister of Finance in the Kostov government between 1997 and 2001. Life Born in Sofia, Radev completed his unive ...

, successor = Plamen Oresharski , office2 = , term_start2 = , term_end2 = , birth_date = , birth_place = , death_date = , death_place = , alma_mater =

MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, ...

University of National and World Economy The University of National and World Economy ( bg, Университет за национално и световно стопанство) is a university in Sofia, Bulgaria. Notable alumni of the university are five Prime Ministers of Bulga ...

Milen Veltchev ( bg, Милен Велчев) (born 24 March 1966) was the finance minister of

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

from 2001 until 2005. He previously worked in finance at

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in London. He holds MS and BS degrees from the

in Sofia, Bulgaria; a BA from the

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and an MBA from the

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1966 births Living people MIT Sloan School of Management alumni Merrill (company) people Government ministers of Bulgaria Finance ministers of Bulgaria National Movement for Stability and Progress politicians Fulbright alumni {{Bulgaria-politician-stub