Ivailo Kalfin

Ivaylo Kalfin
Ивайло Калфин
Official portrait, 2009
Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In office
7 November 2014 – 18 May 2016
Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Preceded byEkaterina Zakharieva
Hristo Ivanov
Succeeded byVacant
In office
17 August 2005 – 27 July 2009
Serving with Emel Etem Toshkova
Prime MinisterSergey Stanishev
Preceded byNikolay Vasilev
Plamen Panayotov
Lydia Shouleva
Succeeded byTsvetan Tsvetanov
Simeon Dyankov
Minister of Labour and Social Policy
In office
7 November 2014 – 18 May 2016
Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Preceded byYordan Hristoskov
Succeeded byZornitsa Rusinova
Member of the European Parliament
for Bulgaria
In office
14 July 2009 – 30 June 2014
Preceded byKristian Vigenin
Succeeded bySergey Stanishev
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 August 2005 – 27 July 2009
Prime MinisterSergey Stanishev
Preceded bySolomon Passy
Succeeded byRumiana Jeleva
Personal details
Born (1964-05-30) 30 May 1964 (age 60)
Sofia, PR Bulgaria
Political partyAlternative for Bulgarian Revival
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party (1988–1990)
Socialist Party (1990–1997; 2001–2014)
Euro-Left (1997–2001)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of National and World Economy
Loughborough University

Ivaylo Georgiev Kalfin (Bulgarian: Ивайло Георгиев Калфин; born 30 May 1964) is a Bulgarian politician. A three-term deputy, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and Deputy Prime Minister from 2005 to 2009 in the Stanishev Cabinet. Kalfin was a Member of European Parliament between 2009 and 2014.[1] Between 7 November 2014 and May 2016 he served as Deputy Prime-Minister of Bulgaria, and Minister of Labor and Social Policy in the Second Borisov Cabinet.