Margarita Popova

5th Vice President of BulgariaIn office
22 January 2012 – 22 January 2017PresidentRosen PlevnelievPrime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Marin Raykov
Plamen Oresharski
Georgi Bliznashki
Boyko BorisovPreceded byAngel MarinSucceeded byIliana IotovaMinister of JusticeIn office
27 July 2009 – 29 November 2011Prime MinisterBoyko BorisovPreceded byMiglena TachevaSucceeded byDiana Kovacheva Personal detailsBorn (1957-05-15) 15 May 1957 (age 66)
Velingrad, BulgariaPolitical partyCitizens for European Development of BulgariaSpouseYordan PopovAlma materSofia UniversityProfessionPhilologist, Jurist

Margarita Stefanova Popova (Bulgarian: Маргарита Стефанова Попова; born 15 May 1957) is Bulgarian jurist, prosecutor, educator who was Vice President of Bulgaria from 2012 to 2017. She previously served as Minister of Justice from 27 July 2009 to 4 September 2011 in the cabinet of Boyko Borisov.^[1] As the running mate of presidential candidate Rosen Plevneliev in the October 2011 presidential election, she was elected as vice president and took office in January 2012.

Biography

Margarita Popova graduated Bulgarian philology in University of Sofia in 1980, and later (1989) law in the same university.^[1] She was appointed prosecutor in Pirdop in 1990, in 1991 she was a regional prosecutor in Ruse, and administrative head and regional prosecutor in Sofia district from 1996 to 2006.^[1] She studied law under communism and is an expert on communist law. She carries on her expertise on communist law in her work as vice-president.

She was lecturer in the National Police Academy (2001–2004) and National Institute of Justice (2005–2009).

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Political offices
Preceded by Angel Marin	Vice President of Bulgaria 2012–2017	Succeeded by Iliana Iotova