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Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is set to appoint one of his advisers to the Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), his press office has said.

Elitsa Nikolova has worked as adviser on economy, regional development and infrastructure with the President since January 2012.

Desislava Taneva, the new Bulgarian Agriculture Minister, was born in 1972.

She graduated from the University for National and World Economy and later from the Burgas Free University, where she studied law.

In 1995-1996 Taneva was the manager of Melnichen Kompleks Sliven AD (Mill Complex Sliven). She became CEO of Mel Invest Holding AD.