Reneta Ivanova Indzhova ( bg, Ренета Иванова Инджова ) (born 6 July 1953) is a Bulgarian

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and manager. Between October 1994 and January 1995 she served as

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, the first, and so far, only, woman in Bulgaria to hold this office.

Biography

Reneta Indzhova was born 6 July 1953 in

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. She studied at the university, obtained a PhD and became professor of political economy. She married and had a child, but later divorced. She worked as a financial expert for the liberal-conservative Democratic Union (UDF) and was head of Bulgaria's

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Agency (1992–1994).

Interim Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Indzhova was appointed by

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Zhelev, former leader of the UDF, to head a

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after the collapse of

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's cabinet. During her brief time in office she gained some popularity for her efforts to combat organized crime.

Subsequent roles

In 1995 Indzhova ran for

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as an independent, finishing third. In 2001 she took part in the

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but failed to garner significant support. In 2014 she appeared in the headlines for the first time in more than a decade. As head of the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria, she accused her two direct subordinates for exerting undue political pressure in the institution.

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