Reneta Ivanova Indzhova (; born 6 July 1953) is a Bulgarian economist who served as the caretaker

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from 1994 to 1995, appointed by President

Zhelyu Zhelev Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev (; 3 March 1935 – 30 January 2015) was a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who served as the first democratically elected and non-Communist President of Bulgaria, from 1990 to 1997. Zhelev was one of the most prom ...

. A political independent, she is the first woman to have served as Prime Minister in Bulgaria. Prior to that, she chaired the Privatisation Agency and later on, from 2012 to 2014, she chaired the National Statistical Institute.

Biography

Reneta Indzhova was born 6 July 1953 in Nova Zagora. 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 Lyuben Berov'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 Mayor of Sofia 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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